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Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)

Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)

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Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)

Damselflies (Zygoptera)
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WilliamHall wrote:
9 Mar 2026
Its wings are folded, so it's a Damselfly
Zygoptera (suborder)
HarveyPerkins wrote:
4 Mar 2026
This one really highlights the difficulties with some tenerals. The banding of the final abdominal segments is good for Common Bluetail, but the hint of colour at the proximal end of each abdominal segment looks like billabongfly . And the speckled legs look like Red & Blue Damsel. Patterning of thorax and back of head is not particularly useful due to lack of clear focus and sub-optimal angle.
Coenagrionidae (family)
KorinneM wrote:
2 Mar 2026
@HarveyPerkins thoughts on this one? I was thinking maybe an Eastern Billabongfly?
Coenagrionidae (family)
KorinneM wrote:
2 Mar 2026
@HarveyPerkins a Swamp without the yellow knees?
Austroaeschna multipunctata
JasonPStewart wrote:
24 Feb 2026
Yep !
Thank you @Curiosity for checking and confirming this identification.
Orthetrum villosovittatum

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