A SMALL colony of the Key's Matchstick Grasshopper found at Tolmie only last year may have saved this tiny species from extinction.
The species was thought to have been extinct for 50 years until discovered in 2018 in Omeo.
However, the translocated grasshoppers were also caught at the state's southern most colony in Tolmie which was discovered only last year (2024).
Last week, young second-generatio...
