Gastrimargus musicus

Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper at Chapman, ACT

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Identification history

	Gastrimargus musicus	15 Nov 2024	RogerF
	Unidentified	15 Nov 2024	BethanyDunne

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These look like Perunga to me, but I've not seen one before. Many different sizes and colours. Themeda and bothriochloa grassland with some forbs but not many.

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BethanyDunne wrote:

15 Nov 2024

Thanks Roger!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.032120 -35.357378
Altitude 705.0m
Maps Cooleman Ridge
Places Chapman, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
15 Nov 2024 05:48 PM Recorded on
BethanyDunne Recorded by
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Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) BethanyDunne Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Gastrimargus musicus Scientific name
Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1544.5m Recorded at altitude
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