Diplacodes bipunctata

Wandering Percher at Acton, ACT

Diplacodes bipunctata at Acton, ACT - 10 Jan 2019
Diplacodes bipunctata at Acton, ACT - 10 Jan 2019
Diplacodes bipunctata at Acton, ACT - 10 Jan 2019
Diplacodes bipunctata at Acton, ACT - 10 Jan 2019
Diplacodes bipunctata at Acton, ACT - 10 Jan 2019
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Diplacodes bipunctata 14 Jan 2019 HarveyPerkins
Diplacodes melanopsis 10 Jan 2019 RodDeb

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HarveyPerkins wrote:
   15 Jan 2019
Hi RodDeb - in some respects this does look like a Black-faced Percher, due to the amount of black markings on the abdomen, but for two reasons I have ID'ed this as a Wandering Percher. Firstly, there is a clear dark spot above the metastigma on the thorax in two of the side-on images. This would rule out Black-faced Percher. Secondly, the black markings on the lower lateral part of the abdomen is continuous, whereas there should be obvious breaks in a Black-faced, producing particularly distinctive 'shapes' to the segmental markings.

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 10 Jan 2019 11:38 AM Recorded on
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