A native silverfish at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Australiatelura sp. (genus) | 21 Aug 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Atelurinae (subfamily) | 20 Aug 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Atelurinae (subfamily) | 18 Aug 2023 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Native silverfish about 4mm under small piece of burnt wood. Seemed to be living wirg with small ants and was going in and out of ant tunnels in the wood.
1 comment
GBS
wrote:
21 Aug 2023
It is impossible to identify silverfish to species level without identification. This specimen belongs to the Atelurinae, and is almost certainly from the genus Australiatelura.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111201-35.258196
- Altitude 629.5m
- Maps Banksia Street Wetland Corridor
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Aug 2023 03:48 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Primitive insects Silverfish (Zygentoma)
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Atelurinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- A native silverfish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 623m to 848m Recorded at altitude
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