Tau Emerald at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 13 Dec 2020 | WHall | ||
| Hemicordulia tau | 13 Dec 2020 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Hemicordulia australiae | 13 Dec 2020 | WHall |
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3 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
13 Dec 2020
Four key corroborating features: 1. the lack of dorsal extension of the yellow patches on abdominal segments 7 and 8; 2. the inverted black "T" mark on the frons (there would be a metallic black patch on the upper frons for an Australian Emerald); 3. the brown upper part of the eyes (rather than blueish/greeninsh); and 4. the yellow pterostigma in this young individual (darker in australiae). Your photos are excellent for showing all of these features.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.196593-35.427638
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Dec 2020 11:07 AM Recorded on
- WHall Recorded by
Additional information
- Grevillea sp Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Hemicordulia tau Scientific name
- Tau Emerald Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1364m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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