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Perunga ochracea
Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Wallaroo, NSW
Identification history
| Perunga ochracea | 9 Jan 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Perunga ochracea | 22 Dec 2017 | samreid007 |
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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
samreid007 wrote:
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.
RogerF wrote:
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
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Very Rare / Threatened
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2017 10:26 AM Recorded on
- samreid007 Recorded by
Additional information
- Found in a small patch of natural temperate grassland Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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