Sighting 4596378
Common tropical sharptail at Moreton Island, QLD
Identification history
| Stenocatantops angustifrons | 16 Dec 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Stenocatantops angustifrons | 25 Sep 2024 | RogerF | ||
| Unverified | 25 Sep 2024 | trevorpreston |
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3 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
27 Sep 2024
Thanks @RogerF , looks like a good match.
For such a quick family visit I was very glad to find these grasshoppers.
For such a quick family visit I was very glad to find these grasshoppers.
RogerF
wrote:
27 Sep 2024
A very flighty species and quite difficult to photograph. I have a few photos from the tropics.
trevorpreston
wrote:
28 Sep 2024
Yes they were very flighty. I had time chase one for ages before I could get a picture.
Is this a confirmed ID?
Is this a confirmed ID?
Location information
- Coordinates 153.374391-27.181303
- Altitude 77.0m
- Places Moreton Island, QLD
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2024 09:17 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects trevorpreston NatureMapr Stenocatantops angustifrons
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Stenocatantops angustifrons Scientific name
- Common tropical sharptail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 161m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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