Praxibulus sp. (genus)

1 A grasshopper at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

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Identification history

	Praxibulus sp. (genus)	28 Jan 2019	RogerF
	Unidentified	28 Jan 2019	JohnBundock

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RogerF wrote:

29 Jan 2019

It looks as though this grasshopper is infected with an entomofungus that induces it to climb to the top of a grass stem to die followed by production and release of spores

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Location information

Coordinates 148.995615 -35.729710
Altitude 897.0m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
28 Jan 2019 11:14 AM Recorded on
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Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Praxibulus sp. (genus) Scientific name
A grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1591.77m Recorded at altitude
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