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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera)
	Family:	Short-horned Grasshopper (Caelifera: Acrididae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Crusty Grasshopper (Caperrala sp)
	This Photo:	🔍S3, Female, profile🔎
	Other name:	Common Wrinkled-headed Grasshopper
	Thank you Robert Read & Matthew Connors for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~30mm long. Purple hind legs. We photographed 6 specimens, 3 females, in Mar (F), Apr, May, Oct & Nov (F).
	Copyright © 2015-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Mar-2015
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.