Diplacodes bipunctata
Wandering Percher at Acton, ACT
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| Diplacodes bipunctata | HarveyPerkins | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| Diplacodes melanopsis | RodDeb | 10 Jan 2019 |
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1 comment
15 Jan 2019
Hi RodDeb - in some respects this does look like a Black-faced Percher, due to the amount of black markings on the abdomen, but for two reasons I have ID'ed this as a Wandering Percher. Firstly, there is a clear dark spot above the metastigma on the thorax in two of the side-on images. This would rule out Black-faced Percher. Secondly, the black markings on the lower lateral part of the abdomen is continuous, whereas there should be obvious breaks in a Black-faced, producing particularly distinctive 'shapes' to the segmental markings.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109204-35.275742
- Altitude 605.9m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2019 11:38 AM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
Collections
- RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Diplacodes bipunctata Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Diplacodes bipunctata Scientific name
- Wandering Percher Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1086.8m Recorded at altitude
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