Woodlands Historic Park Insects

Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) at Woodlands Historic Park
Australian Plague Locust, female, early November. (Photo Andrew Allen)

See also photo of male.

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 Chortoicetes
Species Chortoicetes terminifera