Rhadinosticta simplex

Powdered Wiretail at Wodonga, VIC

Rhadinosticta simplex at Wodonga, VIC - 21 Dec 2024 07:25 AM
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Rhadinosticta simplex 22 Jan 2025 HarveyPerkins
Rhadinosticta simplex 21 Jan 2025 KorinneM
Unidentified 21 Dec 2024 KylieWaldon

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Flew in low and after landing waggled tail up and down like a fishing rod. Presume its a female seeing its so neutral coloured?

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HarveyPerkins wrote:
   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.
KorinneM wrote:
   22 Jan 2025
@HarveyPerkins do you think it's enough to confirm that?
HarveyPerkins wrote:
   22 Jan 2025
Based on the thoracic markings, and the distribution of wiretails, it can't really be anything else.

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