A recently described pygmy cricket at Bobundara, NSW
Identification history
| Calperum cf. ottei | 7 Jun 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Calperum cf. ottei | 26 May 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Grylloidea (superfamily) | 12 May 2023 | RogerF | ||
| Unverified | 12 May 2023 | trevorpreston |
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3 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
13 May 2023
@rogerF I thought this cricket was a little unusual. Maybe Bobilla Illawarra? It's a very colourful little cricket. Is it identifiable?
Youning
wrote:
26 May 2023
Very interesting record, can treat it as the Calperum species, very similar or the same to that Canberra one.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.011050-36.461420
- Altitude 951.0m
- Maps Bobundara Nature Reserve
- Places Bobundara, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 May 2023 10:52 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calperum ottei Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Calperum cf. ottei Scientific name
- A recently described pygmy cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 951m 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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