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Family ACRIDIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about the Common Pardillana
Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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 - Body length 60mm
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- This is a large grasshopper, with cylindrical and slender body. Their
antennae are relatively long, male's are even longer. They vary from orange brown to brown in
colour.
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- We found the above adult hiding on stem in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.
This grasshopper often found camouflaged as part of the stem.
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- Although they can be found resting on ground and on large tree
trunk.
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- Their large compound
eyes suggested they are active at night. But they also found feeding
during the day.
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From nymph to adult
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- We found this nymph hiding on tree under stem late afternoon in Karawatha
Park during early summer. It was orange-brown with blue dots. The colours was
some what different than the other Gumleaf Grasshoppers that we saw.
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- We collected the nymph and kept it in a jar, fed it with fresh gum leaves.
About two weeks later, it moulted and turned into an adult.
Reference:
1. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p188.
2. A
Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts - DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN
Su and MS Upton, 2003, p252.
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