Ischnura heterosticta

Common Bluetail Damselfly at Rosedale, NSW

Ischnura heterosticta at Rosedale, NSW - 31 Mar 2019
Ischnura heterosticta at Rosedale, NSW - 31 Mar 2019
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Identification history

Ischnura aurora 2 Apr 2019 jb2602

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3 comments

HarveyPerkins wrote:
   18 Sep 2019
Hi John and Chris - although I can't get any idea of size, this looks much more like a female Common Bluetail to me, especially based on the size and colour of the post-ocular spots in the second image and the brownish tip to the otherwise blueish abdomen.
jb2602 wrote:
   18 Sep 2019
Many thanks for this Harvey.
Please see #4197917 which appears to be correct males + females;
#4198075 which needs to be changed from Aurora to Common
CBrandis wrote:
   18 Sep 2019
Thanks Harvey, the yellow across the face makes it Common. Cheers Chris

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