Black Raspy Cricket
Ventral
Ellura
Mottled Bush Cricket
Adult Male, profile
 
                      
Mottled Bush Cricket (Eurepa marginipennis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Family: True Cricket (Grylloidea: Gryllidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Mottled Bush Cricket (Eurepa marginipennis)
This Photo:     Adult Male, dorsal, ~14mm

Thank you Prof Tony Robillard & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

EXTRA - Photo Specific Information:
We found this specimen dead outside the caravan.
While unfortunate for him, still a useful record for us.
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 15-Dec-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.