Sighting 4672754
Phaulacridium vittatum
Wingless Grasshopper at Copmanhurst, NSW
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| Phaulacridium vittatum | RogerF | 3 Jun 2025 | |
| Unverified | MazzV | 2 Jun 2025 |
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A small grasshopper coloured brown, with tan legs, a pale fawn underside and fine fawn lines along the margins of the upper thorax and head. Eyes are brown and the antennae appear brown-black merging to fawn as they approach the join with the body. A large brown spot lies roughly in the middle of the rear upper leg surface, and the upper rear leg joint with the next leg segment is black-brown. Their appear to be short brown wings, a fawn line running dorsally from front to back over the abdomen, and some short, almost vertical brown marks on the side of the abdomen.
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Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Phaulacridium vittatum Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Phaulacridium vittatum Scientific name
- Wingless Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1854m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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7 / 7
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