Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
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clarehoneydove
wrote:
Yesterday
Cant tell if white tips on antennae and not enough of the body. Looks like G. Carinata but without white tips it is G.australasiae.
Unidentified Grasshopper (several families)
DiBickers
wrote:
2 Mar 2025
@RogerF so interesting, but much like so many other inverts, there’s always so many undescribed and so often unable to be determined without rearing juveniles/nymphs/larvae through to their adult form…. There is still so much to learn out there isn’t there🙃
Austracris guttulosa
RogerF
wrote:
2 Mar 2025
Hi Di,
There are more undescribed species of grasshopper (Acrididae + Eumastacidae) than described (including 2 Austracris) and probably many more to be discovered, especially in the tropics, as well as 6 described species of Valanga plus V. irregularis. I know nothing about the nymphs of these others. The only way to connect nymphs to adults is by breeding in the lab. The unusual pink hind wing buds of 4643981are also a puzzle: does the adult have pinkish hind wings. Searching through iNat could be worthwhile.
There are more undescribed species of grasshopper (Acrididae + Eumastacidae) than described (including 2 Austracris) and probably many more to be discovered, especially in the tropics, as well as 6 described species of Valanga plus V. irregularis. I know nothing about the nymphs of these others. The only way to connect nymphs to adults is by breeding in the lab. The unusual pink hind wing buds of 4643981are also a puzzle: does the adult have pinkish hind wings. Searching through iNat could be worthwhile.
Austracris guttulosa
DiBickers
wrote:
2 Mar 2025
Thanks so much @RogerF😊😊What you’ve explained in your comment was pretty much where I was at too & I’ve only ever recorded personal one for Valanga so wasn’t 100% on either. If you’re definitely happy with Austracris I will leave it as we have it💚
Austracris guttulosa
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