Australian Emperor at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Anax papuensis | 17 Aug 2021 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Anax papuensis | 16 Aug 2021 | RodDeb | ||
| Unidentified | 6 Aug 2021 | RodDeb |
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User's notes
very surprised to see any Dragonflies in the middle of winter let alone a mating pair plus another single one, best guess on the ID.
They were a fair way out so best could do
2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
17 Aug 2021
Yep - they're one of the first species to get active in ACT. But even so, 6 August is early. My earliest have been 19 Aug in 2016 and 30 Aug 2020. On both occasions they were in tandem pairs and/or laying.
RodDeb
wrote:
17 Aug 2021
Thanks Harvey, yes we thought it was early to see Dragonflies, did not realize they started laying so fast and while it was still cold. Appreciate the info, thanks for all you do.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.162287-35.314429
- Altitude 549.6m
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2021 02:28 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Anax papuensis Scientific name
- Australian Emperor Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1654.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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