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Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Sighting 4203458

Cordulephya pygmaea

Common Shutwing at Paddys River, ACT

Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
Cordulephya pygmaea at Paddys River, ACT - 21 Feb 2019
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Cordulephya pygmaea 14 Mar 2019 HarveyPerkins
Cordulephya pygmaea 14 Mar 2019 jb2602

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4 comments

jb2602 wrote:
   15 Mar 2019
What about the white wing panels Harvey, in all the other photos they are black.
HarveyPerkins wrote:
   15 Mar 2019
Interesting point, John. All I can think is that this may be a fairly recently emerged individual and the pterostigmata haven't cured to their normal dark colour yet. It is the case that in some species the pterostigmata do darken with age; I don't know how much or even if this applies to Cordulephya. Even so, they really are quite white, not even a tan colour. I've just gone through all of my photos of the species and in all cases the pterostigmata are dark. In all other respects, however, the individual in your photos does look to me like a standard C. pygmaea.
HarveyPerkins wrote:
   15 Mar 2019
John - just noticed that there is a record of Roy's (sighting 3392535) in which the pterostigmata are also white.
jb2602 wrote:
   15 Mar 2019
OK thanks for that Harvey

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