Libellulidae (family)
A dragonfly at Cook, ACT
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| Libellulidae (family) | HarveyPerkins | 17 Jan 2025 | |
| Libellulidae (family) | trevorpreston | 15 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | VanceLawrence | 10 Nov 2024 |
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User's notes
Crawled towards me as I sat on the bank. Carapace appears to have several loose grains of sand all over it.
1 comment
15 Jan 2025
This looks like a mudeye, a dragonfly larvae. I think this is correct as on the map the sighting is in a dam, or possibly coming out of a dam.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.077778-35.276389
- Altitude 590.0m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Nov 2024 07:21 PM Recorded on
- VanceLawrence Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- VanceLawrence NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects Libellulidae (family)
Species information
- Libellulidae (family) Scientific name
- A dragonfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 605.16m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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