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Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper

Goniaea australasiae

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 50mm long. <br> Adult (unknown sex) <br> Very good approximation of the dried gumleaves.

Habitat:

In dry sclerophyll forest behind the wall of Melbourne's largest reservoir.

Notes:

Phone cam.. Like many mimetic animals these often stay perfectly still for a photo shoot.
<br> Eight species in this genus with some very difficult to tell apart when nymphal. <br>

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3…

Reference Links:

Goniaea australasiae - Wikipedia, Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea australasiae

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