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Grasshoppers, Crickets
Katydids
Diurnal Predatory Katydid (Austrophlugis malidupa) 2 images			The Diurnal Predatory Katydid is a fairly small green cricket with large eyes and a dark stripe down the back. The antennae are long and thin. Females have a short black ovispoitor. It is found on foliage during the day and sometimes is attracted to... Read more >
Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex) 2 images			This Common Garden Katydid resembles the Gum Leaf Katydid but is smaller. They have bright pink and yellow markings on the abdomen that is hidden by the wings. The males make a sound to attract females by rubbing their forewings together. They move... Read more >
Lesson's Snout-nose (Pseudorhyncus Lessonii) 1 image			Lesson's Snout-nose is a fairly large green katydid with pointed head. It makes an incredibly loud high-pitched buzzing sound that can be heard from a long way off. Read more >
Katydid (Tettigoniidae family ) 3 images			An immature katydid from the Tettigoniidae family with purple legs and antennae. Not sure what species this is. Read more >
Gum Leaf Katydid (Torbia viridissima) 1 image			The Gum Leaf Katydid resembles a gum leaf, with the wings having the colour and vein pattern of a leaf. They are well camouflaged in plants with similar leaf shape and colour. Some adults have brown markings on the legs. Read more >
Pyrgomorphs
Vegetable Grasshopper (Atractomorpha sp) 4 images			The Vegetable Grasshopper is bright green . They are common in Brisbane and easily found on . They are small and green in colour with purple tinge on antennae and pink wash on abdomen. They are slow moving and rely on camouflage for protection. They... Read more >
True Crickets
Cricket (Gryllidae family ) 1 image			A small cricket from the Gryllidae family. Not sure what species this is. Read more >
Silent Leaf-runner (Metioche vittaticollis) 1 image			The Silent Leaf-runner is a small cricket. Adult has dark brown body with lighter legs. Nymph is pale colour. They are predatory crickets Read more >
Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus) 1 image			The Black Field Cricket is jet black. During the day, it hides in vegetation or cracks in the soil and comes out at night to feed, The males sings at night making a sound by rubbing his wings together. Read more >
Typical Grasshoppers
Hedge Grasshopper (Valanga irregularis) 5 images			The adult Hedge Grasshopper is a large pale brown grasshopper. The nymphs start off green, and sometimes have brown and orange patterns, turning brown before the final moult. Adults hibernate over winter. Read more >