Inland Macrotona
S4, Male, posterior
Inland Macrotona
S3, Female, Abdomen, dorsal
| Inland Macrotona S4, Male, posterior | | Inland Macrotona S3, Female, Abdomen, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Short-horned Grasshopper (Caelifera: Acrididae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Inland Macrotona (Macrotona securiformis) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S5, Male, posterior🔎 | ||||
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Females we found were ~24mm long; males ~16mm long. These have a white face compared to M. australis. Males are smaller, look very colourful and usually short-winged. Females are always fully winged, which hide their colours more. Both have lime-green bellies, as well as greenish stripes on the rear thighs, and red on the rear tibias. Notice the white tips on the antennae, as well as on the palps. | |||||
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