Austrolestes leda

4 Wandering Ringtail at Hackett, ACT

Austrolestes leda at Hackett, ACT - 17 Jul 2020
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Austrolestes leda 18 Jul 2020 HarveyPerkins
Austrolestes leda 17 Jul 2020 rawshorty

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18 Jul 2020

A rare mid-winter record

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HarveyPerkins wrote:
   18 Jul 2020
A great find Shorty - there are more records of damselflies in mid-winter this year than I'd ever have expected. You prompted me to go out and have a look and I found a couple of males at a tiny swamp on the northern flanks of Black Mountain. Written up at either http://hdpphd.blogspot.com/2020/07/winter-damselflies-there-are-lot-of.html or https://www.facebook.com/HarveyPerkinsACT
rawshorty wrote:
   19 Jul 2020
Thanks Harvey, i did think it odd at this time of Year. Thanks for the links as i thought mine was a very oddly bright female, now i know better.

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  • 17 Jul 2020 12:49 PM Recorded on
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