Grasshoppers are the major natural browsers of New Zealand's tussock grasslands. The grasshoppers have declined with the destruction and degradation of the tussock grasslands; the endangered robust grasshopper has only recently been rediscovered and is known to survive in only one locality in the MacKenzie Basin. Native grasshoppers are interesting in that some species can take up to 7 years to develop into an adult. A typical species in the high altitude tussocklands is the alpine grasshopper, Brachapsis nivalis, pictured here.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Page 45
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81Grasshoppers are the major natural browsers of New Zealand's tussock grasslands. The grasshoppers have declined with the destruction and degradation of the tussock grasslands; the endangered robust grasshopper has only recently been rediscovered and is known to survive in only one locality in the MacKenzie Basin. Native grasshoppers are interesting in that some species can take up to 7 years to develop into an adult. A typical species in the high altitude tussocklands is the alpine grasshopper, Brachapsis nivalis, pictured here. Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Page 45
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