2 Alpine Darner at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Austroaeschna flavomaculata | 17 Feb 2018 | HarveyPerkins |
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Significant sighting
HarveyPerkins noted:
17 Feb 2018
This is a rarely encountered species in the ACT, restricted to high alpine sphagnum bogs and trickles.
2 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
17 Feb 2018
Great photo Harvey. I will remember the moment you took this photo for a long time.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Feb 2018
This species is listed as endangered in Victoria, for where 40% of the records on Atlas of Living Australia are from
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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My flagged sightings Significant Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Dragonflies (Anisoptera) HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austroaeschna flavomaculata
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Austroaeschna flavomaculata Scientific name
- Alpine Darner Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 1628.4m to 1633.4m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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