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RogerF wrote:
14 Mar 2025
I'm an old hand at this!!
Chortoicetes terminifera
clarehoneydove wrote:
14 Mar 2025
Boom! You ended up i.ding it anyway @RogerF!
Chortoicetes terminifera
RogerF wrote:
14 Mar 2025
QED
Chortoicetes terminifera
RogerF wrote:
14 Mar 2025
From the internet. "In 2010, South Australia experienced its worst locust plague in 40 years, with the Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC) reporting widespread infestations and significant crop damage, particularly in the Riverland and Murray Mallee regions. "

So it was Chortoicetes terminifera rather than Austroicetes cruciata
Chortoicetes terminifera
WendyEM wrote:
14 Mar 2025
MAYBE ?? the wing pattern on these added crops hint at an ID? Sorry it was a poor quality (low pixel count) camera. My failure to adequately document the grasshoppers surprises me. I think, in ignorance, I thought back then only 1 type of grasshopper formed plagues.
Chortoicetes terminifera

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