Porraxia nana

Common name: Perth Porraxia

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

Found around the Perth region of Western Australia.

Description:

The colour of this species is variable. Males grow to 8 millimetres long, females to 16 millimetres.

Notes:

We have photographed it in October and December.

References:

Identification courtesy of David Knowles.

A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. DCF Rentz, RC Lewis, YN Su and MS Upton. 2003

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e194fc83-9397-46f6-9ebc-b20098d86310

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