3 Fiery Skimmer at Banks, ACT
Identification history
| Orthetrum villosovittatum | 14 Feb 2019 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Feb 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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Significant sighting
HarveyPerkins noted:
14 Feb 2019
There are only a very few records of Fiery Skimmer in the ACT, and this is the first female I'm aware of. It is still unclear if they have bred here, or if they migrate in from more coastal areas.
User's notes
In Rob Roy Reserve, in the hills to the east of Banks.
7 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
Michael - great find. Apart from the two records already in CNM from late summer last season, I also found a single male along Condor Creek on 2 February this year. This is the first female I know of for the ACT.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
Thanks Harvey
I didn't expect to see dragonflies in Rob Roy at all, so glad to get a rare one.
I didn't expect to see dragonflies in Rob Roy at all, so glad to get a rare one.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
I know your sighting is already a month ago, but it might be worth a look around the Banks wetlands just in case there are others about. If so, it would be much more convincing of a small degree of local breeding - perhaps. I won't be aroundbthis weekend so won't be able to do so myself.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
I'm not sure what you mean by the Banks wetland. Do you mean the wet area of the same creek just near the flood control dam?
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
Yes - a string of 3 ponds on N side of Tom Roberts Ave. Or any other vegetated creeky bits in the general area.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
The "string of 3 ponds on N side of Tom Roberts Ave" is called the Conder Wetlands, adjacent to Tuggeranong Hill Res.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
15 Feb 2019
As well as the wet area just downstream from the flood control dam. If it's wet. I haven't yet made it to that specific spot.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.110898-35.472167
- Altitude 700.0m
- Maps Rob Roy Range
- Places Banks, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2019 06:01 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Orthetrum villosovittatum Scientific name
- Fiery Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vagrant native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 700m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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