Blue Skimmer at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Orthetrum caledonicum | 23 Dec 2016 | HarveyPerkins |
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This immature (teneral) male was well away from the nearest water and has no indication of any blue pruinescence yet. The length and shape of the anal appendages indicate that this is a male rather than a female.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.116545-35.330277
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2016 09:31 AM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Dragonflies (Anisoptera) HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Orthetrum caledonicum Scientific name
- Blue Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1529.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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