Australian Capital Territory
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
New South Wales
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Non-breeding immigrant from northern Australia. Arrives by high altitude night flights into the local area where it can be attracted to light. Exhibits phase polymorhism: a gregarious phase in swarming populations and a solitarious phase in solitary populations that are morphologically and behaviourally distinct. Swaming populations are produced in central Queensland but have not been seen since 1974-6. The specimen illustrated was attracted to light at a Queanbeyan Servive station and is in the solitary phase.
Locusta migratoria is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Places
Bannaby, NSW
