Perunga ochracea

4 Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

Perunga ochracea	15 Oct 2020	RogerF
Perunga ochracea	15 Oct 2020	trevorpreston
Unidentified	15 Oct 2020	trevorpreston

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

16 Oct 2020

New recorded location of this threatened grasshopper

4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

16 Oct 2020

Great find Trevor and good that you didn't pick up to photograph, they are susceptible to damage if we handle them

trevorpreston wrote:

16 Oct 2020

Thanks Michael. I never manhandle my grasshoppers, but I do spend a comical amount of time chasing them. I'm sure the residents of Dunlop adjacent the reserve wondered what I was doing.

RogerF wrote:

16 Oct 2020

Michael & Trevor. Do we know the numbers of PO at Dunlop? It would be good to assess by flushing transects.

trevorpreston wrote:

16 Oct 2020

All up I saw around 10 in that patch. Of course Im sure there were were more...

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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
15 Oct 2020 04:53 PM Recorded on
trevorpreston Recorded by
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Significant Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) trevorpreston

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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