Pale-brown Leaf-rolling Cricket - ? Apotrechus sp.
Family GRYLLACRIDIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Pale-brown Leaf-rolling Crickets that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Nymph, body length 30mm
- We found these Leaf-rolling Crickets a few time in Karawatha Forest. They were all hiding in their Rolled-leaf retreat during the day. The insects in those photos could be an adult male or a nymph.
- We open the rolled-leaf a bit to check what it was. The nymph came out because of our disturbed and we took the above photos. From the reference information, Leaf-rolling Cricket nymphs are more easy to be encountered because they are in much higher number than adults.
- Body length 5mm
- Rainforest near Caloundra, DEC 2003
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p59.
- 2. Studies in Australian Gryllacrididae: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology and Cytology - Rentz DCF, John B. 1990. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 1053-1210.
- 3. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
