Grasshoppers Katydids Crickets & Locusts
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Australian Plague Locust
(Chortoicetes terminifera)
Color: Brown to Green
Active period of Adults: Summer
Length: Males 20-30 mm, Females 30-45 mm
Habitat: Grasslands, open paddocks, agricultural - farm areas
Status: common in NE Victoria
Distribution: Widespread across Australia except Tasmania
Additional notes: These insects can cause serious damage to farm crops & agricultural areas when they breed up in large swarms during warmer months. Plague Locusts will also go for & eat anything that is the colour Green.
Black-field Cricket
(Telegryllus commodus)
Color: black
Habitat: suburban country gardens etc
Active period of Adults: Spring, Autumn & Summer
Status/distribution: Very common in NE Victoria & widespread
Mole Cricket
(Gryllotalpa lupulina)
Color: brown
Habitat: Grassy woodlands, urban / rural areas
Active period of Adults: Spring & Summer
Size: 3-4 cm
Status: Common in NE Victoria
Distribution: New South Wales Australia
Additional notes: Mole crickets are brown & have shovel-like fore legs, especially designed for digging burrows. Males use the burrows to amplify their calls by positioning themselves at the entrance, by facing inwards.
Yellow-ridgeback Grasshopper
Color: yellow hindwings, with brown body
Habitat: open grasslands, paddocks
Active period of Adults: Spring & Summer
Status/distribution: common in NE Victoria
Spotted Katydid
(Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata)
Color: green all over with black spots on wing covers & legs
Habitat: suburban country gardens, dry Eucalypt forests
Active period of Adults: Spring & Summer
Status/distribution: common in NE Victoria
Spiny Bush Cricket
Color: brown body with long antennae, & spines located on middle part of its legs
Habitat: suburban country gardens, dry eucalypt forests
Active period of Adults: Spring & Summer
Status/distribution: relatively common in NE Victoria