Forest Darner at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Austroaeschna pulchra | 21 Feb 2019 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Austroaeschna pulchra | 21 Feb 2019 | JudithRoach | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Feb 2019 | JudithRoach |
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2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
21 Feb 2019
Hi Judith - the first two photos are indeed of a pair of Forest Darners. Nice to capture a mating pair which is not often seen. The third photo, however, is of a quite different species and will need to be separated out as a separate sighting.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.767225-35.469773
- Altitude 1477.9m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2019 04:37 PM Recorded on
- JudithRoach Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) JudithRoach
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Austroaeschna pulchra Scientific name
- Forest Darner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1477.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
