Austropetalia tonyana
3 Alpine Redspot at suppressed
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| Austropetalia tonyana | HarveyPerkins | 8 Jan 2018 |
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Significant sighting
HarveyPerkins noted:
9 Jan 2018
Rare and probably highly sensitive. There have probably been no reported/recorded sightings for several decades.
User's notes
This male Alpine Redspot was hawking along a stretch of Corin road. It settled only briefly on some roadside bushes before then disappearing into the forest. As far as is known, this species normally frequents waterfalls where the eggs are laid in mosses and decaying vegetation in the splash zone. The occurrence of this individual in the forest, and at this location, was very unexpected.
1 comment
9 Jan 2018
Well done Harvey great to see that this dragonfly still lives on in the ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Male Gender
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- Significant Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Dragonflies (Anisoptera) HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austropetalia tonyana
Species information
- Austropetalia tonyana Scientific name
- Alpine Redspot Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
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4 / 7
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