Rhadinosticta simplex
Powdered Wiretail at Wodonga, VIC
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| Rhadinosticta simplex | HarveyPerkins | 22 Jan 2025 | |
| Rhadinosticta simplex | KorinneM | 21 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 21 Dec 2024 |
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User's notes
Flew in low and after landing waggled tail up and down like a fishing rod. Presume its a female seeing its so neutral coloured?
3 comments
22 Jan 2025
Thoracic markings seem to fit Rhadinosticta simplex, as does pronounced secondary genitalia (definitely a male, @KylieWaldon), but not much else to go on due to dappling of light, insufficient clarity, and tail-tip being obscured by vegetation. Habitat looks to be within expectation.
22 Jan 2025
Based on the thoracic markings, and the distribution of wiretails, it can't really be anything else.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.886908-36.115660
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2024 07:25 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- junctus reeds Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects Rhadinosticta simplex
Species information
- Rhadinosticta simplex Scientific name
- Powdered Wiretail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 573.63m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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