7 Southern Giant Darner at Robertson
Identification history
| Austrophlebia costalis | 7 May 2024 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Austrophlebia costalis | 6 May 2024 | Curiosity | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Nov 2023 | AJB |
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User's notes
A giant dragonfly, maybe 13 to 14cm wingspan, very bright white face.
3 comments
Curiosity
wrote:
6 May 2024
An exciting find with some great photos - potentially a new species for NM!
AJB
wrote:
6 May 2024
Thank you so much for figuring this dragonfly out! I have spent ages trying to but never came across this species as a candidate.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
7 May 2024
Great record. I've not yet seen one of these (outside of a museum collection).
Location information
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Nov 2023 10:45 AM Recorded on
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Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Austrophlebia costalis Scientific name
- Southern Giant Darner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 586.74m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- 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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