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Velvet worms or Peripatus (Onychophora)
Euperipatoides rowelli
4 Tallanganda Velvet Worm at Tallaganda State Forest
Identification history
| Euperipatoides rowelli | 4 Sep 2019 | michaelb | ||
| Euperipatoides rowelli | 3 Sep 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Sep 2019 | Christine |
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Author's notes
Sorry, I have no idea what kind of critter this is, and would have taken more photos if i had realised how interesting it looks now that I can see the enlarged photo!
3 comments
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
4 Sep 2019
Pretty sure it is a Tallaganda Velvet Worm, which kills its prey by covering them with sticky glue. It also has a complex social structure, where up to 15 animals hunt together led by the dominant female who gets first dibs on the food. An amazing critter
Christine wrote:
4 Sep 2019
Thanks Michael, while you were writing that I was looking it up, and it is indeed an interesting critter. And has been studied in this location!
Christine wrote:
4 Sep 2019
Although I only saw one, I wonder where the rest of the gang was hiding??
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.603633-35.510433
- Maps Tallaganda State Forest
- Places Farringdon, NSW
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Sep 2019 11:28 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
