Perunga ochracea

Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper at Mawson, ACT

Identification history

Perunga ochracea

22 Oct 2024

MichaelMulvaney

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

22 Oct 2024

New recorded location of this threatened Grasshopper

User's notes

I did not have a camera with me- but I am very familiar with this Grasshopper and it had distinctive cross on brown back, and reduced wing - It was about 2.5cm so I assume it is an adult female

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Mike wrote:

22 Oct 2024

Another reason to have this Conservation Area.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.092089 -35.355291
Maps Mawson Ponds
Places Mawson, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Oct 2024 11:08 AM Recorded on
MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
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Significant Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Grasshoppers (several families) MichaelMulvaney Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Female Gender

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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