Hemicordulia australiae

Australian Emerald at Gungahlin, ACT

Hemicordulia australiae at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Mar 2018
Hemicordulia australiae at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Mar 2018
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Identification history

Hemicordulia australiae 20 Mar 2018 HarveyPerkins
Hemicordulia tau 20 Mar 2018 DerekC

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When I first saw this Dragonfly it was on the ground in a death fight with a European Wasp but as I bent to photograph this action the wasp left before I could record this behavior. The dragonfly appeared to recover and climbed on my finger before I placed it on the twig.

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HarveyPerkins wrote:
   21 Mar 2018
Lucky dragonfly. Do you know if it lived to fly off?
DerekC wrote:
   21 Mar 2018
It was late evening so it may not have wished to fly. I did not stay for longer than possibly 15 minutes and it did not fly by then. I do not know if it had been stung but my observation of these wasps is that they use their mandibles and bite other insects in two. It may have had a lucky outcome and I put it up off the ground to give it a chance.

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  • 20 Mar 2018 05:27 PM Recorded on
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