Ischnura heterosticta
1 Common Bluetail Damselfly at O'Malley, ACT
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| Ischnura heterosticta | HarveyPerkins | 15 Mar 2019 | |
| Ischnura heterosticta | JonSteinbeck | 15 Mar 2019 |
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I think this was probably a male given its blue colour, thick stripe on its thorax and blue dots on top of the eyes. This damselfly was very placid, staying still while I took a few photographs. When it finally took off it almost got caught in the spider web but was strong enough to break free before the spider could react. It was flying around the reeds for a while landing on some other stalks but not staying long, and not being still enough for another photograph.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.114603-35.348107
- Altitude 653.6m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places O'Malley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2019 08:45 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- water reed Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
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Species information
- Ischnura heterosticta Scientific name
- Common Bluetail Damselfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1358.7m Recorded at altitude
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