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Craggy Island Cave Cricket

SPECIES MANAGEMENT PROFILE

Cavernotettix craggiensisCraggy Island Cave Cricket

Group:Arthropoda, Insecta (insects), Orthoptera (locusts, grasshoppers, crickets), Rhaphidophoridae
Status:Threatened Species Protection Act 1995: rare
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Not listed
Endemic
Status:
Found only in Tasmania
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The Craggy Island Cricket (Cavernotettix craggiensis) is a small terrestrial cricket that occurs at several sites under boulders and in burrows of breeding seabirds on Craggy Island, which is a small rocky island about 20 km northwest of the tip of Flinders Island in Bass Strait (unallocated Crown land). The species is known only from collections made in 1972.
There are no immediately identifiable threats to the species. However, factors such as illegal collection, natural predation, climate change (and its impact on microclimate conditions), and stochastic events are all highlighted as possible threats.

A complete species management profile is not currently available for this species. Check for further information on this page and any relevant Activity Advice.

Key Points

  • Important: Is this species in your area? Do you need a permit? Ensure you’ve covered all the issues by checking the Planning Ahead page.
  • Important: Different threatened species may have different requirements. For any activity you are considering, read the Activity Advice pages for background information and important advice about managing around the needs of multiple threatened species.
  

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Further information

​Check also for listing statement or notesheet pdf above (below the species image).

​​Cite as: Threatened Species Section (). (): Species Management Profile for Tasmania's Threatened Species Link. ​ ​Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. Accessed on .

Contact details: Threatened Species Section, Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania​, GPO Box 44, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7001. Phone (1300 368 550).

Permit: A permit is required under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 to 'take' (which includes kill, injure, catch, damage, destroy and collect), keep, trade in or process any specimen or products of a listed species. Additional permits may also be required under other Acts or regulations to take, disturb or interfere with any form of wildlife or its products, (e.g. dens, nests, bones). This may also depend on the tenure of the land and other agreements relating to its management. ​​​​​