6 Blunt Nosed Burrowing Crayfish. at Tharwa, ACT
Identification history
| Engaeus cymus | 23 Sep 2020 | MattBeitzel | ||
| Engaeus cymus | 22 Sep 2020 | towndek |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
23 Sep 2020
This crayfish is rarely observed and is at its northern limit in the ACT. This is a new general location for this species. We would very much appreciate any further sightings
User's notes
Found in the gibraltar forest while laying dog baits
3 comments
MattBeitzel
wrote:
23 Sep 2020
did you dig it out or was it out and about? we only have a few records of these in parts of the ACT but are suspected of being wide spread.
towndek
wrote:
23 Sep 2020
I dug it out while laying a wild dog bait.
Are they usually in wet areas like other crayfish?
Are they usually in wet areas like other crayfish?
MattBeitzel
wrote:
23 Sep 2020
These can be a long way from water. All the way up the hillsides and rarely come above ground. They have been recorded from condor creek area and Farrer
Ridge.
Ridge.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.929611-35.514684
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Sep 2020 11:30 AM Recorded on
- towndek Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Engaeus cymus Scientific name
- Blunt Nosed Burrowing Crayfish. Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 901.66m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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