1 Eye-patterned Gum Hopper at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Platybrachys vidua | 3 Apr 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Platybrachys sp. (genus) | 2 Dec 2018 | RogerF | ||
| Unverified | 2 Dec 2018 | SWishart |
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User's notes
It jumped over a metre at a time across the fire trail in quite a high arc
2 comments
silverseastarsong
wrote:
15 Dec 2018
Never seen one like this -- it has traits of Platybrachys vidua and decemmacula. I suspect it is another "missing" species...maybe compare specimens at CSIRO or another collection.
SWishart
wrote:
16 Dec 2018
I just posted a similar sighting from today on Devil's Gap firetrail, Tidbinbilla.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.894400-35.459310
- Altitude 871.2m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Nov 2018 12:37 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga flagged sightings Insects Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Platybrachys vidua
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Platybrachys vidua Scientific name
- Eye-patterned Gum Hopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1344.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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