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Goniaea australasiae
This grasshopper nymph (still wingless) is well camouflaged on the dead grasses and white volcanic granite.
Mt Hope, Pyramid Hill, Victoria, a rocky granite outcrop amid arid grassland
This appears to be the gumleaf grasshopper (nymph) based on these links; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/265... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Spotted on Sep 25, 2012
Submitted on Sep 25, 2012
6 Comments
Karen, this variable species usually mimics brown eucalyptus leaves but this specimen was found on a white granitic remnant of an ancient volcano. No wonder it looks like granite.
Thanks Argy Bee and Leuba
Looks like he's carved out of granite! Australia has some amazing, strange, and bizarre creatures! I'd love to visit.
amazing - he looks prehistoric !
Incredible martin!
Gumleaf grasshopper Goniaea australasiae?
The color seems to be very variable.