Austroicetes cruciata

Austroicetes cruciata, the small plague locust, is a species of grasshopper within the family Acrididae. The species is found in Australia in Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales.^[1][2] Adults lengths include females growing 25 to 35 mm whereas males grow from 15 to 25 mm. Colorations are brown to greenish, however during swarming males can appear bright yellow, which no other member in its genus exhibits.^[3]

Austroicetes cruciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Austroicetes
Species:	A. cruciata
Binomial name
Austroicetes cruciata (Saussure, 1888)
Synonyms
Chortoicetes jungi Brancsik, 1897 Chortoicetes monticola Sjöstedt, 1936 Dittopternis cruciata Saussure, 1888