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Bark mimicking grasshopper

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A tiny cryptic grasshopper well hidden on the bark of a stringybark eucalyptus. There was another larger one nearby so I suspect that was female and this one male. Only the inside of the rear legs are colorful.

Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coryphistes_ruricola.jpg
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_grasshoppers/BarkMmicing.htm

Reference Links:

File:Coryphistes ruricola.jpg

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
MartinL
This seems to be a nymph of this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/4111004 http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_grasshoppers/BarkMmicing.htm
MartinL
Thanks Smith Zoo. It may be a Coryphistes ruricola nymph.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Mimetic Animals of the World

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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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