Sighting 4686034
Perelytrana rana
3 Weilmoringle, NSW
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| Perelytrana rana | RogerF | 4 Aug 2025 | ||
| Unverified | alanacox | 4 Aug 2025 |
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Destroying pasture & crop.
Flightless burrowing behaviour.
Robust body, red hind legs
7 comments
6 Aug 2025
Thanks Roger and Michael,
Roger do you have any photos of the Perelytrana rana in your area you could share? Photos I can find online do not share many similarities!
Roger do you have any photos of the Perelytrana rana in your area you could share? Photos I can find online do not share many similarities!
6 Aug 2025
See www.flickr.com/photos/naturenoises/49382555402. This picture by Dave Rentz is used in his book 'a guide to Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Unfortunately I don't have any digital pictures of this species that is confined to the black soils of SW NSW.
Location information
- Coordinates 147.019329-29.149635
- Altitude 122.3m
- Places Weilmoringle, NSW
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 1 Aug 2025 09:00 AM Recorded on
- alanacox Recorded by
- pasture Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- alanacox NatureMapr Far West New South Wales Perelytrana rana Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Perelytrana rana Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 122.34m Recorded at altitude
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