2 Inland Hunter at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Austrogomphus australis | 19 Jan 2018 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Austrogomphus cornutus | 19 Jan 2018 | RodDeb |
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2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
20 Jan 2018
Nice one! I've been wondering when someone would submit one of these. They are quite common around Lake Burley Griffin at this time of year but aren't reported much for some reason. Black Mountain Peninsula is a good place to look for them but they are all around the lake shoreline, especially on gravelly or rocky edges. In fact I've found them around most of Canberra's larger waterbodies as well as the slower flowing rivers in places. It's interesting that you found a female, as the males are much more obvious than the females which tend to shelter in vegetation. According to the the national field guide, this species is not supposed to occur in Canberra but see my blog at http://hdpphd.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/inland-hunter-inexpectata.html
RodDeb
wrote:
21 Jan 2018
Thanks for the information, very interesting to hear they are not supposed to occur in Canberra.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.099261-35.289497
- Altitude 572.2m
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Jan 2018 12:34 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Austrogomphus australis Scientific name
- Inland Hunter Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 616m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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