Synthemis eustalacta
Swamp Tigertail at Acton, ACT
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| Synthemis eustalacta | HarveyPerkins | 5 Apr 2020 | |
| Adversaeschna brevistyla | JonSteinbeck | 4 Apr 2020 |
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Sorry, the photo is from Jan and I am just uploading it now. The dragonfly was flying up and down a stretch of Sullivans Creek, occasionally flying at other dragonflies, even those of other species, but no mating observed.
2 comments
5 Apr 2020
Hi - the photos here are clearly of a male Swamp Tigertail, perched in characteristic pose. Your comment above, does, however, sound much like the behaviour of a Blue-spotted Hawker; although it could fit a Swamp Tigertail if the distances involved are relatively small (e.g.2-4 m) and the flight was essentially around a small section of heavily vegetated creek. A Blue-spotted Hawker would fly faster, higher, more directly, and over much larger distances (e.g 10-50 m, or even more, up and down the creek line). Given the time between sighting and posting, is there any chance you could be confusing two dragonflies that you saw?
6 Apr 2020
Hi Harvey, Many thanks for your comments and the clarification. Yes, you are probably right. I thought I saw this dragonfly moving up and down the creek and was only able to get a shot once it stopped but I could be mistaken. It just seemed all the dragonflies I was looking at were doing much the same but they were flying too fast, and with too many turns, for me to truly know which one was doing what. Many thanks for the correct identification. The variety of dragonflies confuses me, especially when there are colour variations, but I do enjoy the challenge of photographing them. Again, many thanks for all that additional detail, that was really interesting. All the best.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.118970-35.277810
- Altitude 561.9m
- Maps Australian National University Sullivans Creek, Acton
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2020 10:51 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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Species information
- Synthemis eustalacta Scientific name
- Swamp Tigertail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1665.4m Recorded at altitude
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