Woodlands Historic Park Insects

Giant Green Slantface (Acrida conica) at Woodlands Historic Park
Giant Slantface, green form, early April. (Photo Andrew Allen)

I have not used the usual common name "Giant Green Slantface" because there is is also a brown form of the same species.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids, 1562 named species in Australia
Suborder Caelifera - Grasshoppers, 469 species in Australia
Family Acrididae - Grasshoppers and Locusts, 286 species in Australia
Genus Acrida
Species Acrida conica