Pycnostictus seriatus

Common Bandwing at ANBG

Pycnostictus seriatus at ANBG - 8 Feb 2019 12:48 PM

Pycnostictus seriatus at ANBG - 8 Feb 2019 12:48 PM

Pycnostictus seriatus at ANBG - 8 Feb 2019 12:48 PM

Pycnostictus seriatus at ANBG - 8 Feb 2019 12:48 PM

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Identification history

	Pycnostictus seriatus	21 Feb 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Pycnostictus seriatus	20 Feb 2019	RogerF
	Pycnostictus sp. (genus)	20 Feb 2019	RogerF
	Pycnostictus sp. (genus)	20 Feb 2019	KimPullen
	Unverified	15 Feb 2019	AlisonMilton

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User's notes

Seemed to be gathering a ball of sand.

1 comment

RogerF wrote:

21 Feb 2019

I think its accidentally placing its forelegs on the particle of debris. Its posture indicates its lifting its body away from the hot soil surface

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107837 -35.274492
Altitude 635.3m
Maps ANBG

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
8 Feb 2019 12:48 PM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
Collections
Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Pycnostictus seriatus Scientific name
Common Bandwing Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 884m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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