Ischnura heterosticta
Common Bluetail Damselfly at Greenway, ACT
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| Ischnura heterosticta | HarveyPerkins | 23 Jan 2021 | |
| Ischnura heterosticta | AlisonMilton | 23 Jan 2021 | |
| Austroargiolestes icteromelas | AlisonMilton | 23 Jan 2021 |
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User's notes
Not sure what the bug is on the lower leaf.
2 comments
23 Jan 2021
Alison - the spread-winged damselfly in the first phot is indeed a Common Flatwing, but the damselfly in the lower right of that photo, and the second photo, is a female Common Bluetail. You'll need to separate them into two records.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.060185-35.407168
- Altitude 581.6m
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2021 11:47 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ischnura heterosticta Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
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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