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| Anostostoma opacum | RogerF | 29 Mar 2025 | |
| Anostostoma erinaceum | Snows | 29 Mar 2025 |
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29 Mar 2025
Can you tell me the difference between the nymph of this species and that of A. opacum. Adults of the latter already recorded from SHNM and CNM.
30 Mar 2025
@RogerF Sorry I have no expertise in this area. I am currently copying my iNaturalist observations onto NM to hopefully improve accuracy of identifications. I used A. erinaceum as it seem to more closely fit the photo ids on iNaturalist and distribution , plus I have had one ID agreement for A. erinaceum. Hopefully NM can confirm or re ID.
30 Mar 2025
Thanks for putting stuff up on NM -its always useful to have new species there. I assume you got an ID confirmation for erinaceum adults. I will have a look on i-naturalist for any nymphs - yours does look very black. There are no records of erinaceum on ALA yet. Bargo would be at the edge of the Sydney Sandstone Basin, so distribution could fit
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- 1 Abundance
- Snows Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Snows NatureMapr Southern Highlands Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
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