Giant grasshopper (Valanga irregularis)

Valanga irregularis
Other common names
Hedge grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Valanga
Scientific name
Valanga irregularis (Walker, 1870)
Geography
Native countries:
Australia Indonesia Christmas Island Papua New Guinea Timor-Leste Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Giant grasshopper (Valanga irregularis) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (migratory bird locusts).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Subspecies

• Valanga irregularis irregularis (Walker, 1870)
• Valanga irregularis signata (Sjöstedt, 1921)
• Valanga irregularis rubripes Sjöstedt, 1930

Identification

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceValanga irregularis

Habitat

Arbicole

Activity

Diurnal

Flight

Strong flier

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Stephen Fricker — 60 specimens collected
• Matthew Connors — 54 specimens collected
• Thomas Mesaglio — 21 specimens collected

• Richard Fuller — 19 specimens collected
• Nicole Kearney — 6 specimens collected
• Jessa Thurman — 4 specimens collected
• Peggy Newman — 4 specimens collected
• Daniel Montesinos — 4 specimens collected
• David Tng — 3 specimens collected
• Donald Hobern — 3 specimens collected
• Matt J. Nimbs — 3 specimens collected
• Shelomi Doyle — 3 specimens collected
• Andrew Gordon Parker — 2 specimens collected
• Donald Davesne — 2 specimens collected
• Geoffrey Shuetrim — 2 specimens collected
• Richard Mount — 1 specimen collected
• Tammo Reichgelt — 1 specimen collected
• Pepijn Kooij — 1 specimen collected
• Henry North — 1 specimen collected
• Valentin Moser — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Matthew Connors — 517 specimens identified
• Stephen Fricker — 54 specimens identified
• Thomas Mesaglio — 22 specimens identified

• Richard Fuller — 18 specimens identified
• Nicole Kearney — 6 specimens identified
• Jessa Thurman — 4 specimens identified
• 태우 김 — 3 specimens identified
• Donald Hobern — 2 specimens identified
• Nick Lambert — 2 specimens identified
• Matt J. Nimbs — 2 specimens identified
• Andrew Gordon Parker — 1 specimen identified
• Tammo Reichgelt — 1 specimen identified
• Donald Davesne — 1 specimen identified
• Henry North — 1 specimen identified
• Karri Hartley — 1 specimen identified
• Daniel Montesinos — 1 specimen identified
• Tyler Grant — 1 specimen identified
• Shelomi Doyle — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Australian Faunal DirectoryBOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)UMLS CUIXeno-canto