Valanga irregularis

Hedge Grasshopper at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Valanga irregularis	3 Jun 2025	RogerF
	Unverified	2 Jun 2025	MazzV

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This ?grasshopper? appears to shares some features with locusts, but it also has some other features which either make it different, or just puts it at younger stage of development. Overall it is a bright green with some solid bands of green around the abdomen, alternating with what look like bands of a yellower green peppered with fine black flecks. There are 2 fine black discontinuous lines running parallel along the mid dorsal surface of the abdomen. The thorax has what looks like the type of plate(s) surrounding its top half that I associate more with locusts (eg sighting 4635617). The colour of this varies from the richer greens to the yellower greens of the abdomen, and appear mottled but without any obvious black in the mix. The top surface of the upper rear legs have a black line marking their outer edge, and have 2 or 3 black marks on them, (similar to the grasshopper at sighting 4672681) and the joint with next lower leg segment is circled in black on the side, again reminding me of that joint on a locust. The eyes are more blue-than green, legs a bright rich green and the feet are black. Photo 2 is for context. This could be the same Sp as that of sighting 4672719 Stubs of wings are visible and a darker green colour.

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Location information

Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Latest Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

Mitsuba (Japanese Parsley) Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Valanga irregularis Scientific name
Hedge Grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 197m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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