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Family EUMASTACIDAE
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- Most members in this family are wingless. They are usually very elongated and
narrow. They are well camouflaged and hide well in the plants.
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- Morabine Grasshopper 1
 - ? sp., body length 35mm
- This Grasshopper is also known as Matchstick Grasshopper. The grasshopper is not easily
seen because of their well camouflage. Both male and female are wingless, with
very elongated body. Their head is long and pointed. They have large compound
eyes, this may suggest that they are active at night. We took the above pictures at Northbrook Creek near Lake Wivenhoe.
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- Morabine Grasshopper 2
 - ? sp., body length 30mm
- This Morabine Grasshopper is found in Karawatha Forest mid summer. It is
quite difficult to tell them apart from the Giant Green
Slantface Grasshopper nymph.
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- Morabine Grasshopper 3
 - ? sp., body length 40mm
- The grasshopper was found hiding inside the leaves of a small Dogwood
tree in Alexandra Hill during late summer. It was hard to be seen
for its body shape and colour match completely with the Dogwood leaves.
 - Jacksonia scoparia, family Fabaceae
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p387.
- 2. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p163.
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