Bark-mimicking Grasshopper II - Coryphistes sp.
Family Acrididae
This page contains pictures and information about the Bark-Mimicking Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 50mm
- This grasshopper species has elongated antennae which is sword shaped and flattened at the bases.
- Both female and male of this species are fully winged. The colour and patterns of each individual may vary a bit.
Nymph
- 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, p264.
