Backswimmer at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Enithares sp. (genus) | 6 Jan 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Enithares sp. (genus) | 24 Sep 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Jan 2021 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
As the ephemeral puddle lasts so the variety and amount of aquatic life increases. They are all on borrowed time.
4 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
10 Jan 2021
Aquatic insects that occupy ephemeral water bodies nearly always have wings, at least as adults. When the water dries up they fly elsewhere.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107142-35.260113
- Altitude 616.5m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2021 03:50 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Collections
ConBoekel Water & Shore Bugs (several families) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Enithares sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Backswimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 776.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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