Sighting 4652950
Peakesia hospita
Common Peakesia Grasshopper at Gundaroo, NSW
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| Peakesia hospita | clarehoneydove | 18 Mar 2025 | |
| Peakesia hospita | clarehoneydove | 17 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 13 Mar 2025 |
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Only one poor image before it hopped away...
4 comments
18 Mar 2025
Used to be very common in the 70's. Now not so often seen. We know so little about long term trends in insect abundance and their causes although climate and its effects on vegetation is probably the main driver.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.276353-35.026683
- Altitude 603.9m
- Maps Gundaroo Common
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Feb 2025 12:38 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Peakesia hospita Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Peakesia hospita Scientific name
- Common Peakesia Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 783m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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5 / 7
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