2 Fiery Skimmer at Banks, ACT
Identification history
| Orthetrum villosovittatum | 17 Feb 2019 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Orthetrum villosovittatum | 16 Feb 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
In a boggy part of a creek in Rob Roy Reserve, near the flood control dam, to the east of Banks.
4 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
17 Feb 2019
Oh, Michael - this is excellent. Adds significant weight to the likelihood of their breeding here, albeit probably in very small numbers. Thanks for following up. Nice photos, too.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
17 Feb 2019
Thanks Harvey
There were other dragonflies at the location as well. I was able to photograph the Blue Skimmer, but not the other which was maybe a Swamp Tigertail. And there was a tiny damselfly too, but too difficult to photograph.
There were other dragonflies at the location as well. I was able to photograph the Blue Skimmer, but not the other which was maybe a Swamp Tigertail. And there was a tiny damselfly too, but too difficult to photograph.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
18 Feb 2019
PS: I think it is statistically significant that I saw 2 males, and that I found them at the first attempt.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108706-35.471519
- Altitude 662.2m
- Maps Rob Roy Range
- Places Banks, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 16 Feb 2019 05:11 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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My flagged sightings MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orthetrum villosovittatum Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Orthetrum villosovittatum Scientific name
- Fiery Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vagrant native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 700m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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