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Monistria concinna
A dark spotted grasshopper nymph found in native grasses above the snowline in a nature park.
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations... http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Thank you James
Bayucca, your ID suggestion is confirmed by our local entomologist.
Well done. http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Thanks doc.
There is a suggestion that mine is very lightly spotted for concinna but the variation seems to account for this.
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Pyrgomorphidae, Pyrgomorphinae, Monistriini, Monistria sp. and looks like being Monistria cf. concinna, mostly based on the location you found it. Please, verify!! There are others around, like M. pustulifera, which might be a little bit out of the range and has more pronounced "blisters".
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/Monis...
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common...
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http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Blistered+...
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common...
Spotted on Dec 16, 2014
Submitted on Dec 19, 2014
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