Parasynthemis regina

Royal Tigertail at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Parasynthemis regina	11 Jan 2018	HarveyPerkins
	Unverified	11 Jan 2018	Christine

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Perhaps Royal Tigertail? Would not land/perch, does that mean it is a male??

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HarveyPerkins wrote:

12 Jan 2018

Royal Tigertail males do spend much of their time in flight, patrolling their patch, but they do settle more than some other species. There were at least 3 males at the cork oak dam last season. For reasons I do not understand, that dam has been essentially devoid of dragonflies and damselflies this year, at least up until my last visit on 22 December. Last year it teemed with up to a dozen different species, from early spring right through to late summer and into early autumn.

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
11 Jan 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Parasynthemis regina Scientific name
Royal Tigertail Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 757m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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