Golden Bandwing - Cryptobothrus chrysophorus
Family Acrididae
This page contains pictures and information about the Golden Banding Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
- Found in Karawatha Forest during mid-summer. The grasshopper is brown to dark brown in colour, reassemble dry leaves on the ground. The abdomen and hind legs are bright orange in colour.
- Nymph body length 15mm
- This nymph was found in Alexandra Hill during late summer, look like the younger stage of the above grasshopper, need more observation to be sure.
- In Karawatha Forest, we found a fully winged adult. Male produces a buzzing sound when flight.
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p184.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts - DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton, 2003, p347.
