Euperipatoides rowelli

4 Tallanganda Velvet Worm at Farringdon, NSW

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Identification history

Euperipatoides rowelli	4 Sep 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Euperipatoides rowelli	3 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	3 Sep 2019	Christine

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Sorry, I have no idea what kind of critter this is, and would have taken more photos if i had realised how interesting it looks now that I can see the enlarged photo!

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

4 Sep 2019

Pretty sure it is a Tallaganda Velvet Worm, which kills its prey by covering them with sticky glue. It also has a complex social structure, where up to 15 animals hunt together led by the dominant female who gets first dibs on the food. An amazing critter

Christine wrote:

4 Sep 2019

Thanks Michael, while you were writing that I was looking it up, and it is indeed an interesting critter. And has been studied in this location!

Christine wrote:

4 Sep 2019

Although I only saw one, I wonder where the rest of the gang was hiding??

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1 Abundance
3 Sep 2019 11:28 AM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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My flagged sightings Other Invertebrates Velvet worms or Peripatus (Onychophora)

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Euperipatoides rowelli Scientific name
Tallanganda Velvet Worm Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1428.95m Recorded at altitude
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