Phaulacridium vittatum

Wingless Grasshopper at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Phaulacridium vittatum	3 Jun 2025	RogerF
	Unverified	2 Jun 2025	MazzV

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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
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Latest Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Phaulacridium vittatum Scientific name
Wingless Grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Minor weed or pest
Up to 1753m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania