Black-kneed Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea carinata

Family Acrididae

This page contains pictures and information about the Black-kneed Gumleaf Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 40mm

This is a medium size grasshopper. They were usually found on ground among the fallen gum leaves. They have medium trace of carina. They have longer antenna with white tips. Besides the white tip, the antenna are even colours with pale colour on top and darker on the bottom surfaces. Its keens are not really black but have the darkest colour amount the four Gumleaf Grasshopper species.



Pictures taken in Mt Cotton during mid summer. They are common in Eucalypt forests in Brisbane.



When it flied, we saw its bright yellow-orange hind wings. This grasshopper look likes the Gum Leaf Grasshopper but smaller in size.





This grasshopper species commonly known as Black-kneed Gumleaf Grasshoppers. Its keens are not really black but have the darkest colour amount the four Gumleaf Grasshopper species.





The antenna are even colours with pale colour on top and darker on the bottom surfaces.

3rd instars 4th instars


4th instars


5th instars, body length 20mm