1 Unidentified damselfly at Dry Plain, NSW
Identification history
| Coenagrionidae (family) | 4 May 2023 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Coenagrionidae (family) | 30 Apr 2023 | AndyRoo | ||
| Adversaeschna brevistyla | 29 Apr 2023 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Xanthagrion erythroneurum | 28 Apr 2023 | AndyRoo |
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User's notes
Prey item of dragonfly. Best guess re damselfly is a Red & Blue Damsel, although CNM records indicates occurs at lower altitude i.e. <=870m. Had considered Orange Threadtail though although markings on what's left of the thorax and altitude records also not quite right. Possibly a female of the Common Bluetail which has records above 1000m?
5 comments
AndyRoo
wrote:
29 Apr 2023
Hi Harvey,
Are you saying the insect prey of the Blue-spotted Hawker is another much smaller Blue-spotted Hawker?
Are you saying the insect prey of the Blue-spotted Hawker is another much smaller Blue-spotted Hawker?
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
29 Apr 2023
Sorry - you didn't mention the half-demolished prey item as being the subject. The prey is certainly a damselfly, but there's not enough detail for me to say what it is - all of your suggestions are not unreasonable, but I can't confirm or deny...
AndyRoo
wrote:
30 Apr 2023
Thanks Harvey. Have edited sighting ID and notes. Changed it to unidentified damselfly. Can you modify your ID accordingly?
AndyRoo
wrote:
3 May 2023
Can someone change ID from the dragonfly to the prey insect - a damselfly Coenagrionidae sp. (family) thanks?
Location information
- Coordinates 148.913517-36.113243
- Altitude 1160.0m
- Maps Top Hut TSR
- Places Dry Plain, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2022 01:16 PM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
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Collections
AndyRoo Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Coenagrionidae (family) Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Additional information
- Being fed on by Blue-spotted Hawker dragonfly (sighting 4484702) Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Deceased Animal health
Species information
- Coenagrionidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified damselfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1160m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Coenagrionidae sp.
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