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Robust grasshopper (Brachaspis robustus)

The endangered Robust grasshopper is New Zealand's largest lowland grasshopper. It is found only along the edges of braided rivers in the Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury. This c.40mm female was beside the lower Ohau River near where it flows into Lake Benmore.

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Uploaded on July 31, 2023
Taken on December 7, 2006