Perunga ochracea
Perunga ochracea (Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper)
I propose that the common name for this species, which mainly occurs in the Canberra area, be the Cross-dressing Grasshopper so people remember the name and look out for it.
The name is appropriate as it has a cross on its back, can change its colour from flourescent green to khaki brown depending on the colour of the grass around it, the extremities of its feet are blue and look like it is wearing blue high heels, and its wings are just stumps, only useful as fashion accessories
PLEASE TRY NOT TO HANDLE THIS GRASSHOPPER AS IT CAN EASILY CAUSE A LEG(S) TO BE LOST
Further references:
Perunga ochracea is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Perunga ochracea Scientific name
- Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 816.55m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Bullen Range Callum Brae Rural Property Crace Grasslands Dunlop Grasslands Gang Gang at Yass River Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gundaroo Common Gungaderra Grasslands Hoover Reserve Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Jerrabomberra Grassland Lake Ginninderra Lawson North Grasslands Lower Molonglo Molonglo River Reserve Mount Painter Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Pine Island to Point Hut QPRC LGA Red Hill Nature Reserve Scrivener Hill Tuggeranong Hill Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Yarramundi Grassland -
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Cook, ACT Crestwood, NSW Denman Prospect, ACT Dunlop, ACT Forde, ACT Franklin, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Garran, ACT Googong, NSW Greenway, ACT Gungahlin, ACT Hackett, ACT Harrison, ACT Hume, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Lyneham, ACT Molonglo Valley, ACT Molonglo, ACT Nanima, NSW Palmerston, ACT Royalla, NSW Symonston, ACT Theodore, ACT Wallaroo, NSW Yass River, NSW
