Austroagrion watsoni

Eastern Billabongfly at Flynn, ACT

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Identification history

Austroagrion watsoni	15 Mar 2019	HarveyPerkins
Austrolestes sp. (genus)	15 Mar 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	29 Jan 2019	Ernier

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2 comments

HarveyPerkins wrote:

16 Mar 2019

It's a lovely photo, composition and colour-wise, but it doesn't include the whole insect which makes ID difficult. With dragonflies and damselflies, the pattern of colour or spots on the tail (end of the abdomen) and the patterns on the side of the thorax can provide some of the most useful ID clues. This photo shows neither. Nevertheless, based on the band across the back of the head and the narrow abdominal rings, I can be reasonably confident that this is a male Eastern Billabongfly. If this is the case, the humeral stripes on the top of the thorax are overexposed and show no hint of the greenish blue they would normally be on a male Eastern Billabongfly.

Ernier wrote:

16 Mar 2019

Thank you Harvey, I have learnt a lot from you comment. I will try to get the whole damselfly next time. Thanks again.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.051159 -35.201238
Places Flynn, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
29 Jan 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
Ernier Recorded by
Collections
Insects Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Ernier Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Austroagrion watsoni Scientific name
Eastern Billabongfly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 972.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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