Was reviewing my Macrotona securiformis photo's and found this specimen. I'm pretty sure I've incorrectly id'ed it.
@matthew_connors @robert_read @rover-rod @cinclosoma
I've gone thru all the SA Macrotona's here to see if I could find some information about it.
In da book, page 292, we have a perfectly matching live photo of Macrotona sp 23, which doesn't match the dead images. SO ANNOYING!
abdomen, dorsally, not much red.
I'm not sure if this enough to say it's not Macrotona securiformis.
As such, I think there are a number of mis-id's on iNat. If people agree (ergo no stripe on Inland), I'll go and lift them to genus.
But can I mark them (with what text? "Striped-cheek Macrotona"?) with an observation field to group them and should they go into the "Australian grasshoppers not featured in A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts" project? Or is this M. sp 23 where the dead images are the mistake, not the live photo?
Macrotona:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/153564913
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148141427
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146798145
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/143304929
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109814682
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/70233355
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/44091463
Macrotona australis:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148593516
Macrotona securiformis:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148087358
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109025339
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/108639137
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107811300
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107441829
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104627668
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/73086176
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68863170
Here's ours:
https://www.ellura.info/Orthoptera.html#Macrotona
I think my id could be correct, cant find information about these bettles being im Australia though. Was found under a log i was moving for firewood, i thought i had killed it or hurt it so i put it in my terrarium. Seems very alive now but i want to know if it is a pest or not before release it
cluster of eggs that sort of looked like blood cells
On closer inspection, this is not an animal but a used case. Think the spotted gum keep psyllid observation is correct.