Ischnura heterosticta
Common Bluetail Damselfly at Monash, ACT
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| Ischnura heterosticta | HarveyPerkins | 9 Dec 2021 | |
| Ischnura heterosticta | AndyRoo | 9 Dec 2021 |
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User's notes
Didn't realise it had prey when I took the pic. Is the pic good enough to ID what it might be for it's own sighting?
2 comments
9 Dec 2021
The prey looks like a chironomid (Diptera, Chironomidae), but that's as far as it could be ID'd.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081077-35.420430
- Altitude 592.0m
- Maps Monash Grassland Isabella Pond Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland
- Places Monash, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2021 04:22 PM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora Associated plant
- Cannot identify? Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- AndyRoo 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
- External link More information
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4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location