Australian Emerald at Forde, ACT
Identification history
| Hemicordulia australiae | 17 Nov 2016 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Hemicordulia australiae | 17 Nov 2016 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Nov 2016 | JohnBundock |
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5 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
14 Nov 2016
John - this is an emerald, and may be an Australian rather than tau, but the abdominal markings aren't clear enough to be sure. It might also be a teneral (newly emerged) individual. Do you have any other photos of it that show the sides of the last segments of the abdomen?
JohnBundock
wrote:
17 Nov 2016
Harvey; I've uploaded a second image but I doubt it will assist you. It was on a stick in the the pond. I couldn't photograph it from another angle. Should I delete these?
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
17 Nov 2016
John - this is looking more and more like an Australian Emerald. Could you post an enlarged view of the back half of the abdomen form the first photo. I just need to see the degree of extension of the yellow markings on segments 7 and 8 particularly.
JohnBundock
wrote:
17 Nov 2016
I've put another crop up but it is not clear, as the photo has been reduced too far.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
17 Nov 2016
John, if you zoom in you can just make out that the anterior part of yellow markings on abdominal segments 6 and 7 in particular arc up as points onto the dorsal surface of those segments - hence Hemicordulia australiae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.154663-35.161277
- Altitude 666.1m
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Forde, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 11 Nov 2016 12:39 PM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Hemicordulia australiae Scientific name
- Australian Emerald Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 841.2m 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
- GPS evidence of location
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