Sighting 4236214
Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Perunga ochracea | 18 Oct 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Acrididae sp. (family) | 17 Oct 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Unverified | 29 Sep 2019 | CathB |
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User's notes
In grassland
6 comments
RogerF
wrote:
4 Oct 2019
This will have to wait my return to go through Bob Lewis's nymph pictures. A catantopine.
RogerF
wrote:
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.
CathB
wrote:
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).
RogerF
wrote:
19 Oct 2019
The 4th image is much more Perunga like, suggest you use this as the main image
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
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Collections
CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Perunga ochracea Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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
- 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
- Description
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