Sighting 3387633
Perunga ochracea
1 Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Wallaroo, NSW
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| Perunga ochracea | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Jan 2018 | |
| Perunga ochracea | samreid007 | 22 Dec 2017 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
9 Jan 2018
New location for this vulnerable grasshopper the most western record in our region
3 comments
10 Jan 2018
I'll do my best! We were out doing official surveys for PCS, and the only way I could be sure it was a Perunga was to catch it.
10 Jan 2018
There are old records from Murrumbateman, Yass and as far west as Wagga and it could still be there in the right habitat
Location information
- Coordinates 149.012375-35.179842
- Places Wallaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2017 10:26 AM Recorded on
- samreid007 Recorded by
- Found in a small patch of natural temperate grassland Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant samreid007 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Perunga ochracea Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Perunga ochracea Scientific name
- Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 816.55m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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