Ischnura heterosticta

2 Common Bluetail Damselfly at Fyshwick, ACT

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Identification history

	Ischnura heterosticta	17 Mar 2020	HarveyPerkins
	Ischnura heterosticta	17 Mar 2020	RodDeb

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anybody have any idea of what the tiny insect is on the mud in the first pic, thanks. Only saw 3 males of the common bluetail here, no sign of any others in the other ponds we looked at.

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HarveyPerkins wrote:

18 Mar 2020

The 'tiny insect' looks to me like a back-swimmer out of water and not on it's back.

RodDeb wrote:

18 Mar 2020

Thanks Harvey might see if I can put some pics on now I know what to call it

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Sighting information

3 Abundance
16 Mar 2020 01:51 PM Recorded on
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Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Damselflies (Zygoptera) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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25mm to 50mm Animal size
Male Gender

Species information

Ischnura heterosticta Scientific name
Common Bluetail Damselfly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1208.1m Recorded at altitude
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