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New high country reserve for poorly hopping grasshopper that avoids grass – Stuff, Charlie Mitchell

July 26, 2018News and ArticlesMackenzie Guardians

The robust grasshopper is critically threatened and exists only in the Mackenzie Basin.

A 440ha section near Tekapo in the South Island’s Mackenzie Basin will be added to the conservation estate to protect a population of the highly endangered Brachaspis robustus – commonly known as the robust grasshopper.

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