A native silverfish at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Australiatelura sp. (genus) | 21 Aug 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Atelurinae (subfamily) | 20 Aug 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Atelurinae (subfamily) | 18 Aug 2023 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Native silverfish up to about 5mm long. There were 5 under this piece of burnt wood, they seemed to be living with ants.
1 comment
GBS
wrote:
21 Aug 2023
It is impossible to identify silverfish to species level without identification. This specimen belongs to the Atelurinae, and is probably from the genus Australiatelura.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111233-35.258202
- Altitude 628.7m
- Maps Banksia Street Wetland Corridor
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 18 Aug 2023 03:51 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Silverfish (Zygentoma) Primitive insects trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Atelurinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- A native silverfish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 623m to 848m Recorded at altitude
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