Rice Grasshopper - Oxya japonica
Family Acrididae
This page contains pictures and information about the Common Gesonula Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 30mm
- This Rice Grasshopper has the robust body with antenna not banded.
- This species is common in south-east Asia, but not common in Brisbane. We found it only once in Brisbane on Dec 2004. It was resting on sedges.
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p179.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts - DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton, 2003, p70.
