Austrolestes aridus
9 Inland Ringtail at Evatt, ACT
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| Austrolestes aridus | MichaelMulvaney | 28 May 2020 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 27 May 2020 |
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User's notes
The damselfly was found on the ground after a recent cold night, too cold to move. It eventually warmed up in the sunlight and flew off. Additional close-up detail of the damselfly is provided in follow-up sighting 4260637.
3 comments
27 May 2020
A very interesting and very late record of a female Inland Ringtail. Is the location marker indicative of where you took the (staged) photos or where the insect was found (if different). If the former, can you move the marker to the actual sighting location.
27 May 2020
Hi Harvey, the damselfly location marker is correct. The damselfly was placed onto a table adjacent to where I found it and photographed there. Hope this helps. Tim
27 May 2020
Even more interesting. Looks like you're about 500 m from Ginninderra Creek and a km from the dam wall. Otherwise in the middle of the suburbs. This species appears to be irregular in the ACT, but there has been a bit of a rash of them late this season, scattered across various Canberra sites, mainly small 'farm' dams in various Canberra Nature Parks. It seems to me they are quite dispersive, verging on nomadic. Yours is the second suburban record I know of this season.
Location information
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Collections
- Featured TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austrolestes aridus Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
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
Record quality
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