Austrolestes aridus
1 Inland Ringtail at Chapman, ACT
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| Austrolestes aridus | HarveyPerkins | 16 Oct 2019 | |
| Austrolestes analis | SWishart | 16 Oct 2019 |
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User's notes
Both very blue males, a little over an inch in length. I didn't see a female
3 comments
17 Oct 2019
Much more interesting than a Slender Ringtail - this is an Inland Ringtail. I've seen them uncommonly but widespread across the ACT a few years ago, but didn't record any last season. Still trying to work out how this species works in our region. Will be interesting to see if they show up more widely again this year.
17 Oct 2019
Just checked my records - all eleven sightings were in 2016-17 season, from 8 different widespread sites. All sightings were of 1-3 males except for one tandem pair at Hospital Creek, of all places. There's a very interesting story waiting to be sorted out here!
Location information
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Chapman, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- SWishart Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- Significant Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Damselflies (Zygoptera) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austrolestes aridus
Species information
- Austrolestes aridus Scientific name
- Inland Ringtail Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 729.8m Recorded at altitude
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