Water Strider at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Tenagogerris euphrosyne | 2 May 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Gerridae (family) | 28 Apr 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra | ||
| Gerridae (family) | 27 Apr 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
There were a number of Water Striders that were congregating around the reeds in the small dam. They did not go far from the vegetation.
4 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
3 May 2019
This specimen doesn't have the usual white makings of Tenagogerris euphrosyne. How can you be sure it is that species?
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
3 May 2019
Michael it is how I have interpreted theguide provided by Kerri-Lee seehttps://southernforestlife.net/notes/2019/1/3/water-striders-gerridae-gerrinae
Happy to change if you think otherwise
Happy to change if you think otherwise
BIrdsinCanberra
wrote:
4 May 2019
Many thanks, I wasn't even aware there was that level of variety among water striders. Found it fascinating. Many thanks again.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.043513-35.261078
- Altitude 658.5m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 7 Apr 2019 09:36 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Water & Shore Bugs (several families) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Tenagogerris euphrosyne Scientific name
- Water Strider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 795.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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