Cirphula pyrrhocnemis

1 Variable Cirphula at Tianjara, NSW

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Identification history

	Cirphula pyrrhocnemis	31 Jan 2022	RogerF
	Acrididae sp. (family)	31 Jan 2022	AnneG1

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Looked dead

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RogerF wrote:

31 Jan 2022

Hello AnnG1, The grasshopper has been killed by a entomophagous fungus, such as Metarhizium. The cunning fungus induces the grasshopper to climb up a stem and die from where its spores can easily spread and infect other grasshoppers. Page 170 my book.

AnneG1 wrote:

31 Jan 2022

Thanks RogerF. I was curious as to why it died in that particular position but I hadn’t thought of a fungus as being the cause. Very interesting.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.333467 -35.107358
Altitude 494.9m
Maps Morton National Park
Places Tianjara, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
24 Jan 2022 11:51 AM Recorded on
AnneG1 Recorded by
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Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Grasshoppers (several families) AnneG1 South Coast NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

Species information

Cirphula pyrrhocnemis Scientific name
Variable Cirphula Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1421.3m Recorded at altitude
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