Peakesia hospita

Common Peakesia Grasshopper at Higgins, ACT

Peakesia hospita at Higgins, ACT - 11 Dec 2016 11:09 AM

Peakesia hospita at Higgins, ACT - 11 Dec 2016 11:09 AM

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Identification history

	Peakesia hospita	31 Dec 2016	MichaelMulvaney
	Peakesia hospita	30 Dec 2016	KimPullen
	Peakesia hospita nymph	29 Dec 2016	RogerF
	Praxibulus sp. (genus)	29 Dec 2016	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	13 Dec 2016	AlisonMilton

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2 comments

RogerF wrote:

30 Dec 2016

The purple tips to tibia and antenna suggest Peakesia but nymphs are often tricky to id.

KimPullen wrote:

31 Dec 2016

This is a nymph. Suggested identification by RogerF.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.029394 -35.238100
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
11 Dec 2016 11:09 AM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Peakesia hospita Scientific name
Common Peakesia Grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 757.1m Recorded at altitude
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