![]() | Inland Macrotona S1 Male: Profile | Inland Macrotona S3 Female: Profile | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera) | ||||
Family: | Short-horned Grasshopper (Acrididae) | ||||
Species: | Inland Macrotona (Macrotona cf securiformis) | ||||
This Photo: | S2 Male: Profile | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere The one female we found & captured was ~24mm long. The male was ~16mm long. These have a white face compared to M. australis. Males are smaller and usually short-winged. Females are always fully winged. | |||||
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