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Giant valanga grasshopper Image has been turned for detail: grasshopper was head up on a wall.<br />
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The giant grasshopper is the largest of the short horned (antennae) grasshoppers here in Australia, with adults growing up to 90mm in length. <br />
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Adults are creamy brown to grey, but their colouration and markings can be extremely variable, hence the species name of irregularis. Adults can be distinguished by the black-tipped orange to red spines on the hind leg tibia. <br />
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Giant valanga grasshopper

Image has been turned for detail: grasshopper was head up on a wall.

The giant grasshopper is the largest of the short horned (antennae) grasshoppers here in Australia, with adults growing up to 90mm in length.

Adults are creamy brown to grey, but their colouration and markings can be extremely variable, hence the species name of irregularis. Adults can be distinguished by the black-tipped orange to red spines on the hind leg tibia.

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The Giant Grasshopper

Valanga irregularis is a giant grasshopper that appears along the north coast of Australia.

Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets

Species identified by Ruth Spigelman

By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Feb 20, 2023. Captured Jan 14, 2023 17:26 in 58 Pell St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.

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NIKON D850
f/10.0
10/1250s
ISO250
105mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.