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Family Pyrgomorphidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Musgrave's Psednura that we found in the
Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Female, body length 50mm
- This Pyrgimorph can be found on grasses and sedges. Its stem-like and
slender body make them camouflage well when they are hiding within grasses.
They rest with head upwards, holding the grass stem with the front two pairs
of tiny short legs.
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- When come closer to them, they try to hide by slowly
move to the other side of the stem. When disturbed, they move up and down of
the stem by the front two pairs of short legs.
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- Above pictures were taken on March 2010 in Carbrook Wetland.
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- Adults are wingless. They look very similar to those Matchsticks,
but can be distinguished by the antenna and the back of their
"neck".
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  - Male, body length 30mm
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- Above pictures was taken on Feb 2011 in Ford Road Conservation Area.
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p168, plate230.
- 2. A revision of the Psednurini (Orthoptera : Pyrogomorphidae) - KHL Key, 1972, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 20 (14) 1 - 72.
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