Little Black-knees - Methiolopsis geniculata
Family Acrididae
This page contains pictures and information about the Little Black-knees Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 15mm
- Ford Road Conservation Area, Mar 2010 Daisy Hills, Mar 2010
- This little grasshopper is black in colour with white strip on each side. All its legs are bright green with black knees.
- Ford Road Conservation Area, Feb 2011
- We usually found them hiding low on short grasses near the ground level, usually in moist area in Eucalypts forests. .
- Karawatha Forest, Echidna Track, Dec 2010
- Feb 2004
- 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, p77.
