Blue Skimmer at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Orthetrum caledonicum | 5 Apr 2020 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Orthetrum caledonicum | 4 Apr 2020 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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Sorry, the photo is from Jan and I am just uploading it now. The skimmer was flying up and down a stretch of Sullivans Creek, occasionally flying at other dragonflies, even those of other species, but no mating observed.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.119077-35.277690
- Altitude 592.4m
- Maps Australian National University Sullivans Creek, Acton ANU Kingsley Precinct ANU Banks Precinct
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2020 10:33 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Orthetrum caledonicum Scientific name
- Blue Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1529.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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