Anostostoma opacum
Giant King Cricket at O'Reilly, QLD
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| Anostostoma opacum | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Aug 2025 | |
| Anostostoma opacum | LyndalT | 24 Feb 2025 |
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User's notes
This cricket was what you'd call feisty - after it was let go (we were a group on a spotlighting walk), it threatened all of us and lunged at some people. Not happy about being picked up.
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Location information
- Coordinates 153.111820-28.208792
- Places O'Reilly, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Feb 2025 07:46 PM Recorded on
- LyndalT Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- LyndalT NatureMapr Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects Anostostoma opacum
Species information
- Anostostoma opacum Scientific name
- Giant King Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 695.22m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Quality score
5 / 7
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