Garden Bermius - Bermius brachycerus
Family Acrididae
This page contains pictures and information about the Garden Bermius Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Male, body length 25mm
- We did not found a female of this species yet. Females are looked the same as males and with larger body size, about 35mm in body length.
- Pictures were taken on Apr 2007, Karawatha Forest near the Lagoon. This species is less common than the Creek Grasshopper in Brisbane.
- There are a few species in the tribe Oxyinae which look very similar. They can be recognized by the shape of the male cercus. The male cercus of this species are slender, tapering, not toothed and apex sharp.
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p179, plate257.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts - DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton, 2003, p66.
