Libellulidae (family)

1 A dragonfly at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Libellulidae (family)	14 Apr 2019	HarveyPerkins
	Unverified	22 Mar 2019	jb2602

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User's notes

Newly emerged teneral dragonfly, soft shell and virtually no colour.

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HarveyPerkins wrote:

14 Apr 2019

Hi John - I suspect this is probably a teneral Blue Skimmer, but there is just not enough to go on, particularly given the wing venation is difficult to decipher as the fore and hind wings are overlapping so much, for me to be comfortable calling it.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Mar 2019 09:06 PM Recorded on
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Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Libellulidae (family) Scientific name
A dragonfly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 605.16m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania