1 Backswimmer at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Identification history
| Notonectidae (family) | 15 Apr 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Corixidae (family) | 15 Apr 2024 | Christine |
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User's notes
There were several okay of these, but I spotted this colourful one, and did not realise that it was on it's back. So much more colourful on the underside.
Many thanks to the wonderful Waterwatch volunteers who were surveying the creatures in the dam.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.906709-35.465743
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2024 11:44 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Water & Shore Bugs (several families) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Notonectidae (family) Scientific name
- Backswimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 986.1m 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
- GPS evidence of location
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