Orthetrum caledonicum
Blue Skimmer at Bruce, ACT
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| Orthetrum caledonicum | HarveyPerkins | 23 Dec 2016 | |
| Orthetrum caledonicum | HarveyPerkins | 23 Dec 2016 | |
| Anax papuensis | ibaird | 23 Dec 2016 |
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User's notes
Photographed at rest. Also seen flying over nearby dam.
3 comments
24 Dec 2016
OK. I wondered whether it might be because there were many blue (skimmer) males flying and I saw them mating with yellow dragonflies. I stand corrected.
24 Dec 2016
Immature (newly emerged) males are also yellow, but they have longer and slightly differently shaped anal appendages. The characteristic blue pruinescence comes with maturation. And females can also develop the blue pruinescence - just to confuse things!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097647-35.261038
- Altitude 637.4m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2016 03:10 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orthetrum caledonicum Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Orthetrum caledonicum Scientific name
- Blue Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1529.4m Recorded at altitude
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