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Family ACRIDIDAE
- Grasshoppers in this subfamily usually associated with water and
grasslands. We found only one species in Brisbane.
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Subfamily Oxyinae - Moisture-loving Grasshoppers
- Creek Grasshopper
  - Bermius odontocercus or Bermius brachycerus, tribe Oxyini, adult and last instars, body length
30mm
- We can easily found this Creek Grasshoppers along Bulimba Creek in Yugarapul
Park in Brisbane. They are usually hiding among the tall grasses or reeds next
to the water edge. The nymph and adult look the same except adult has fully
developed wings. The grasshoppers are green in colour with black strips on
both sides of the body from eyes to the wing tips. The top of the head and
thorax is brown in colour. More pictures and information in this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p390.
- 2. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p178.
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