Perunga ochracea

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

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Identification history

	Perunga ochracea	10 Nov 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	10 Nov 2020	JaneR

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

10 Nov 2020

New location of this vulnerable and regionally endemic grasshopper

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This just landed on us.

4 comments

trevorpreston wrote:

10 Nov 2020

Lovely find. I'm very glad to see them in this area. Ill be keeping my eyes out there in the future.
I've been searching for them at Crace grasslands but they have eluded me so far.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

10 Nov 2020

it has all its legs, so you were handling it carefully but it is a good idea to try not to handle as it can lose legs

RogerF wrote:

10 Nov 2020

I would like to reiforce Michaels comment. Please do not handle this vulnerable species as in picture 3.

JaneR wrote:

10 Nov 2020

Thanks Michael and Roger.
I will share your comments and advice with my colleague.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.970367 -35.227925
Altitude 445.1m
Maps Ginninderry Conservation Corridor
Places Macnamara, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
9 Nov 2020 11:49 AM Recorded on
JaneR Recorded by
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Significant sightings Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Additional information

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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