Places
South Australia
Paruna, SA

Paruna, SA

View map
Paruna, SA
Add a sighting Subscribe

Moderators

become a moderator

Announcements

Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for June 2025
11 Jul 2025

Hello everyone. Alison Milton has produced the June quarterly CNM newsletter. It has some interesting information about what the Nature Mappers have been doing and finding. We hope you enjoy the read....

Continue reading

Known issue affecting NatureMapr mobile app 6.3.0

NatureMapr Mobile App Update

Platform consolidation and impact to regional functionality

Improvements to Search

Discussion

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

Species Richness Score (SRS)

9

Top contributors

Top moderators

830,775 sightings of 22,879 species from 14,381 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made