Blue Skimmer at Tura Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 22 Feb 2019 | Steff |
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User's notes
I found this Dragon Fly washed up on the beach. I picked it up and it held onto my finger for about 30 minutes until I put it on a tree branch.
2 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
23 Feb 2019
Hi Steff, Sounds like you've been doing good works rescuing dazed and confused insects. Can't help on the moth, but this is a female Blue Skimmer. The males are a very distinctive powder blue colour, and one of the most common dragonflies, especially on still water like dams. There are lots of dragonflies with a yellow and black colour scheme, but the uniformly grey sides of the thorax on these photos are pretty distinctive. Most species I know of have some sort of stripes on the thorax. Hope she came good after your rescue.
Steff
wrote:
23 Feb 2019
Hi Jackie, thanks for your information. She seemed ok when I held her up to the tree branch, she climbed on and held herself steady so I think she recovered.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.933850-36.865168
- Places Tura Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Feb 2019 09:20 AM Recorded on
- Steff Recorded by
Species information
- Orthetrum caledonicum Scientific name
- Blue Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1529.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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