New Zealand Grasshopper
Photo by Peter Hamill
Phaulacridium marginale (Walker)
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Size range
- 10–20 mm in length
Distribution
- Native, found throughout New Zealandat low altitudes, rarely above 900 m
Life History
- Feed on grass
- Well camouflaged, coloured to match background vegetation.
- Females are wingless. Males sometimes fly.