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Camel cricket

Rhaphidophoridae

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 35mm long body; antennae were double that although one was broken; plenty of uncomfortable looking spiky gadgets at the mating end.

Habitat:

On a sheltered wall in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Yet to search for exact species... looks like they are not a big group in Australia. Related to the cave wetas.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1e…

https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmania/the-insect-orders/ortho…

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Comments (4)

Ooops... thanks Cindy. Must have been a brain-rush because the thing wouldn't stop hopping. :-)
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PublishedNovember 25, 2013

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