Common Adreppus - Adreppus fallax

Family Acrididae

This page contains pictures and information about the Common Adreppus Grasshoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.  

Body length 40mm

 

Common Adreppus is also known as Stem Grasshoppers. We sometimes find them in Wishart bushland. There are hard to be be seen when they rest on the tree trunk. They do not move until we come very close, then they hide at the other side of the tree trunk.

 

Adult body length 40mm-50mm

 

The grasshoppers have long antennae, about half of their body length. Their large compound eyes suggested they are active at night. Their body and colour pattern resemble twigs or stems. Both female and male are fully winged. During the day time, they rest on tree trunk with rough bark surface. They usually sit in line with the bark texture and hardly be seen. They will not move a bit even we came to very close. They depend on their camouflaged pattern to hide away from their predators. 

 

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