Hemigomphus sp. (genus)
Vicetail at Uriarra Village, ACT
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| Hemigomphus sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 4 Aug 2021 | |
| Hemigomphus gouldii | jeffmelvaine | 31 Dec 2019 |
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User's notes
Gibraltar Creek Woods Reserve. A more difficult angle for ID.
3 comments
31 Dec 2019
Your location indicates Cotter Reserve but your comment says Woods Reserve. Given the substrate, I think Cotter is correct.
2 Jan 2020
Sorry about that, Woods Reserve disagrees with absolutely everything else. Definitely Cotter Dam picnic area at the upper end. I have another shot of a Hemigomphus male taken about 1 minute later (with two Arrowhead Rockmaster shots intervening), so probably same individual, nearly 40 deg from rear on but equally fuzzy on the front end. In that view I see a bulge in the SAAs towards the middle, suggests H. heteroclytus to me. I'll post it.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.942685-35.323425
- Altitude 479.8m
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 14 Dec 2019 01:58 PM Recorded on
- jeffmelvaine Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- jeffmelvaine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hemigomphus sp. (genus) Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Hemigomphus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Vicetail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 950m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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6 / 7
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