Sighting 4236214
Perunga ochracea
Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Cook, ACT
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| Perunga ochracea | RogerF | 18 Oct 2019 | |
| Acrididae sp. (family) | RogerF | 17 Oct 2019 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 29 Sep 2019 |
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User's notes
In grassland
6 comments
4 Oct 2019
This will have to wait my return to go through Bob Lewis's nymph pictures. A catantopine.
18 Oct 2019
I have looked through Bob Lewis' nymph images in Rentz but could not find a match. Early instar nymphs are notoriously difficult to id. Close to Perunga and Peakesia. Suggest you follow through with another visit to the same spot for an older specimen.
19 Oct 2019
Thanks Roger. I was hoping this was a Perunga. It was very close to where I saw an adult last year (sighting 3871807).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072612-35.267660
- Altitude 610.4m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Sep 2019 03:02 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB 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
6 / 7
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