Perunga ochracea

2 Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Gungahlin, ACT

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Identification history

	Perunga ochracea	31 Oct 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	31 Oct 2025	chriselidie

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4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

31 Oct 2025

Nice one this is a threatened species

chriselidie wrote:

31 Oct 2025

Wow, that's great to hear! Glad I took it off the footpath

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

1 Nov 2025

Yes it is restricted to the grasslands and open woodlands of Canberra - Boorowa region - most of its recorded locations have been via Naturemapr - this is a known location

chriselidie wrote:

1 Nov 2025

Thanks for the extra information - I can see there is a lot of text also on the species page. Very interesting! Hope to see them again here

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Location information

Sighting information

1 Abundance
30 Oct 2025 06:25 PM Recorded on
chriselidie Recorded by
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chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Perunga ochracea ACT threatened species Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

None, resting on footpath Associated plant
25mm to 50mm 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
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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