Froggatt's Buzzer - Froggattina australis

Family Acrididae

This page contains pictures and information about the Froggatt's Buzzer Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.  

Body length 25mm

 

When we walk on the bushland with short grass, it was common that every step we walked, we heard a loud buzzing sound and see some insects jumped and flied away just above the ground. It was difficult to look at what was those creatures. Most likely they were the Froggatt's Buzzer grasshoppers. 

 

 

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Reference:

1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p177.

2. A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts - DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton, 2003, p344.

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Last updated: May 01, 2007.