Hemicordulia australiae

Australian Emerald at Gungahlin, ACT

Hemicordulia australiae at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Mar 2018
Hemicordulia australiae at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Mar 2018
Request use of media

Identification history

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

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

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

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.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 20 Mar 2018 05:27 PM Recorded on
  • DerekC Recorded by

Additional information

  • 50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,148,925 sightings of 19,884 species in 6,408 locations from 11,278 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.