Giant Crested Grasshopper: S4, Female, dorsal

Giant Crested Grasshopper (Macrolopholia sp)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Family:

Short-horned Grasshopper (Caelifera: Acrididae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Giant Crested Grasshopper (Macrolopholia sp)

This Photo:

S4, Female, dorsal

Thank you Robert Read & Matthew Connors for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~40mm long Female (S4, the only one we've captured).
We've put a few different profile shots to highlight different aspects of the intricate shapes of this fascinating grasshopper.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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