Aquarius antigone
2 Water strider, pond skater at Stromlo, ACT
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| Aquarius antigone | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Feb 2019 | |
| Aquarius antigone | JonSteinbeck | 30 Jan 2019 |
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Initially when I looked at the river all I could see on the water were circular ripples like rain drops hitting the surface. When I had a closer look I realised the circles were actually being made by what were probably 100s of Water Striders. They moved incredibly quickly across the surface of the water without being disturbed by the wavelets. They did not seem concerned about how obvious they were but nor did I see any bird, or anything else, predating on them. This was the brownest I have seen the Murrumbidgee River at Casuarina Sands.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.959270-35.319227
- Altitude 475.0m
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 28 Jan 2019 07:24 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Water & Shore Bugs (several families) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Aquarius antigone
Species information
- Aquarius antigone Scientific name
- Water strider, pond skater Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 777.8m Recorded at altitude
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