Goniaea vocans

Common name: Slender Gumleaf Grasshopper

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

Widespread across most of Australia.

Description:

This grasshopper grows to 63 millimetres long. The adult in the photographs is approximately 52 millimetres long.

Notes:

This grasshopper can be separated from its relative, Goniaea australasiae, by the position of the notch on the pronotum (the saddle-like structure behind the head). See the side view of the grasshopper to see this notch.

We have photographed this species in November, December and March.

References:

A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton. 2003

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b1c41141-c348-4f3f-b597-a35da015da2b

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