1 Aurora Bluetail at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Ischnura aurora | 26 Feb 2022 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Ischnura aurora | 26 Feb 2022 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
Tiny damselfly, in flight the wings are hardly visible, moves slowly back and forth just above surface of water.
2 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
26 Feb 2022
Harvey, this is the smallest damselfly I have seen in the ACT, are there any smaller than this one?
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
26 Feb 2022
You're right, Matt - this is the smallest damselfly to occur in the ACT. There is a tiny dragonfly that is just about as small (but not as slender) - the Eastern Pygmyfly.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.012786-35.299314
- Maps Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2022 10:06 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Damselflies (Zygoptera) MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Ischnura aurora Scientific name
- Aurora Bluetail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1402.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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