Austrolestes leda
4 Wandering Ringtail at Hackett, ACT
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| Austrolestes leda | HarveyPerkins | 18 Jul 2020 | |
| Austrolestes leda | rawshorty | 17 Jul 2020 |
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Significant sighting
2 comments
18 Jul 2020
A great find Shorty - there are more records of damselflies in mid-winter this year than I'd ever have expected. You prompted me to go out and have a look and I found a couple of males at a tiny swamp on the northern flanks of Black Mountain. Written up at either http://hdpphd.blogspot.com/2020/07/winter-damselflies-there-are-lot-of.html or https://www.facebook.com/HarveyPerkinsACT
19 Jul 2020
Thanks Harvey, i did think it odd at this time of Year. Thanks for the links as i thought mine was a very oddly bright female, now i know better.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.173258-35.254249
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Jul 2020 12:49 PM Recorded on
- rawshorty Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant rawshorty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austrolestes leda Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Austrolestes leda Scientific name
- Wandering Ringtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1232.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
3 / 7
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