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Green psednura

Psednura pedestris

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Weird creature with weird eyes. <br>

Habitat:

In long grasses under trees in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

These strange animals are a type of grasshopper which mimic grass sheaths perfectly. The genus only has 3 known species all in eastern Australia. <br>
order: ORTHOPTERA <br>
suborder: CAELIFERA <br>
superfamily: ACRIDOIDEA <br>
family: PYRGOMORPHIDAE <br>
subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c3…

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Comments (1)

Another great spotting ! Those eyes are amazing. Now to Qld for the other species.

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