Inland Macrotona S3, Female, Abdomen, ventral | Inland Macrotona S5, Male, Prosternal Process | |||||
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, Antenna🔎 | ||||
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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