Wingless Grasshopper - Phaulacridium vittatum
Family Acrididae
This page contains pictures and information about the Wingless Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
- The adults of this species may be shout-winged or fully-winged. The common name is just an mistake to their nymph.
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- The adult grasshopper was found on Mar 2008 on Mt Coot-tha.
- Nymph body length 15mm
- Nymph body length 15mm
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- This nymph was found in Alexandra Hill during late summer, look like the younger stage of the above grasshopper, need more observation to be sure.
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p189.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts - DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton, 2003, p203.
