Australian Emerald at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Hemicordulia australiae | 20 Mar 2018 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Hemicordulia tau | 20 Mar 2018 | DerekC |
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User's notes
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.
2 comments
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111857-35.210183
- Altitude 637.9m
- Maps Gungaderra Grasslands
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Mar 2018 05:27 PM Recorded on
- DerekC Recorded by
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DerekC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hemicordulia australiae Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Hemicordulia australiae Scientific name
- Australian Emerald Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 841.2m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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