Hemigomphus gouldii

Southern Vicetail at Booth, ACT

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Identification history

	Hemigomphus gouldii	31 Dec 2019	HarveyPerkins
	Hemigomphus heteroclytus	31 Dec 2019	jeffmelvaine

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User's notes

Gudgenby River near the Boboyan Road bridge. ID based on the extended curvature of the superior anal appendages.

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HarveyPerkins wrote:

31 Dec 2019

The angle of photography can give very subjective interpretations of the curvature of the anal appendages. Based on the very clear separation of the antehumeral stripe from the collar, the depth and shape of the internodal abdominal spots and the shape of the latero-ventral yellow marks on abdominal segments 8 and 9, and the location/habitat; on balance I'm comfortable calling this a Southern Vicetail.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.996003 -35.735642
Altitude 968.0m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Booth, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
13 Dec 2019 03:28 PM Recorded on
jeffmelvaine Recorded by
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Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Dragonflies (Anisoptera) jeffmelvaine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Male Gender

Species information

Hemigomphus gouldii Scientific name
Southern Vicetail Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1008.7m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

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South Australia

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