Blue Skimmer at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Orthetrum caledonicum | 19 Feb 2017 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Orthetrum caledonicum | 19 Feb 2017 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Feb 2017 | SallyandPeter |
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2 comments
SallyandPeter
wrote:
20 Feb 2017
Thanks Harvey, they are sitting on the ground more with the gusty wind. i have used the 100-400mm lens and got quite close. All the best, Peter
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
20 Feb 2017
Hi Peter (assuming this is your photo, not Sally's) - this is probably a male half way through developing its blue pruinescence; the thorax is still yellowish, and there is a bit of yellow still on the distal abdominal segments. Unfortunately, the anal appendages and the ventral profile of the second abdominal segment, which would clinch whether this is a male or not, are not clear in these photos. But the possibility of this being a female with well-developed blue pruinescence is interesting.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.066802-34.975193
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2017 05:21 PM Recorded on
- SallyandPeter Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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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