Keyacris scurra

5 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Kambah, ACT

Keyacris scurra at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021
Keyacris scurra at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021
Keyacris scurra at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021
Keyacris scurra at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021
Keyacris scurra at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021
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Keyacris scurra 15 Aug 2021 RogerF
Keyacris scurra 15 Aug 2021 HelenCross
Unidentified 15 Aug 2021 HelenCross

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

16 Aug 2021

Key's Matchstick is listed as a nationally threatened species. McQuoids Creek -Kambah Pool area is a recording hotspot, but these records are the furthest recorded up McQuoids Creek

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Keyacris scurra? See sighting 4388584 for more images

5 comments

HelenCross wrote:
   16 Aug 2021
I have uploaded some photos of the general habitat to sightings 4388653 and 4388652. It's basically thick kangaroo grass with some other herbs and most of the grasshoppers seemed to be centered around the young eucalypt tree. As I walked away from the tree the numbers tapered off. The records are from the Lions Youth Haven side of the fence and I didn't go over into the Reserve to check.
RogerF wrote:
   16 Aug 2021
Thanks Helen,

Good to see such detailed habitat pictures, especially the presence of the Chrysopcephalum among the Themeda. We do have some records from the actual Murrumbidgee Corridor reserve not far away Hope to get out there when the lockdown is over.
HelenCross wrote:
   16 Aug 2021
Thanks Roger, it's close to my residence so I can keep checking the area during my daily exercise allowance
RogerF wrote:
   16 Aug 2021
I was wondering how you got there during lockdown!! Very handy. Keep up the good work.

Another observation worth pursuing, if you have the time, is checking on the different colour morphs of Keyacris. You had a picture of the 'green sides' and the 'grey' but there is also 'all green' and 'brown'.
HelenCross wrote:
   16 Aug 2021
Will do!

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Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. - 8 Apr 2024 by HelenCross
Therevidae (family) (Unidentified stiletto fly) at Kambah, ACT - 8 Apr 2024 by HelenCross
Leptoceridae sp. (family) (Long-horned caddisfly) at Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. - 25 Jan 2024 by HelenCross
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana (River She-Oak, River Oak) at Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. - 19 Jan 2024 by HelenCross
Ogyris amaryllis (Satin Azure) at Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. - 19 Jan 2024 by HelenCross
Amyema cambagei (Sheoak Mistletoe) at Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. - 19 Jan 2024 by HelenCross
Ranunculus lappaceus (Australian Buttercup) at Tuggeranong, ACT - 16 Oct 2023 by HelenCross
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium (Halictid bee) at Tuggeranong, ACT - 16 Oct 2023 by HelenCross
Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet, Sheep's Burnet) at Tuggeranong, ACT - 15 Oct 2023 by HelenCross
Hovea heterophylla (Common Hovea) at Tuggeranong, ACT - 31 Jul 2023 by HelenCross
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Paddys River, ACT - 20 Dec 2022 by HelenCross
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Paddys River, ACT - 20 Dec 2022 by HelenCross
Thysanotus sp. at Paddys River, ACT - 5 Dec 2022 by HelenCross
Urodacus manicatus (Black Rock Scorpion) at Paddys River, ACT - 5 Dec 2022 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Aug 2022 by HelenCross
Hovea heterophylla (Common Hovea) at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Aug 2022 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Aug 2022 by HelenCross
Fossombronia sp. (genus) (A leafy liverwort) at Paddys River, ACT - 7 Aug 2022 by HelenCross
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Paddys River, ACT - 28 Mar 2022 by HelenCross
Pollanisus (genus) (A Forester Moth) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Mar 2022 by HelenCross
Portacosa cinerea (Grey wolf spider) at Paddys River, ACT - 5 Jan 2022 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Paddys River, ACT - 14 Dec 2021 by HelenCross
Brachyexarna lobipennis (Stripewinged meadow grasshopper) at Paddys River, ACT - 14 Dec 2021 by HelenCross
Mataeomera (genus) (A Scale Moth) at Paddys River, ACT - 14 Dec 2021 by HelenCross
Eristalinus punctulatus (Golden Native Drone Fly) at Paddys River, ACT - 14 Dec 2021 by HelenCross
Synthemis eustalacta (Swamp Tigertail) at Paddys River, ACT - 14 Dec 2021 by HelenCross
Thysanotus tuberosus subsp. tuberosus (Common Fringe-lily) at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Nov 2021 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 25 Sep 2021 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 25 Sep 2021 by HelenCross
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Kambah, ACT - 25 Sep 2021 by HelenCross
Caligavis chrysops (Yellow-faced Honeyeater) at Kambah, ACT - 21 Sep 2021 by HelenCross
Solanum cinereum (Narrawa Burr) at Kambah, ACT - 15 Sep 2021 by HelenCross
Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) (Unidentified Tasmanicosa wolf spider) at Kambah, ACT - 28 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Romulea rosea var. australis (Onion Grass) at Kambah, ACT - 28 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Romulea rosea var. australis (Onion Grass) at Kambah, ACT - 26 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) (Unidentified Tasmanicosa wolf spider) at Kambah, ACT - 26 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Asterella drummondii (A thallose liverwort) at Kambah, ACT - 17 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 17 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Acrididae sp. (family) (Unidentified Grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 16 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Apotropis tricarinata (Eastern striped grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 16 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 16 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Hovea heterophylla (Common Hovea) at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting) at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass) at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Kambah, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by HelenCross
Acanthiza reguloides (Buff-rumped Thornbill) at Kambah, ACT - 30 May 2021 by HelenCross
Philemon corniculatus (Noisy Friarbird) at Kambah, ACT - 18 Dec 2020 by HelenCross
Osphranter robustus (Wallaroo) at Kambah, ACT - 22 Oct 2020 by HelenCross

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