Red & Blue Damsel at Wallaga Lake, NSW
Identification history
| Xanthagrion erythroneurum | 11 May 2018 | HarveyPerkins |
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User's notes
teneral female
2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
13 May 2018
Teneral means recently emerged as an adult, in which adult colouration may not yet have developed fully. In some species, male and female tenerals can look very similar. Another feature to look at with this particular record is the shape of and patterning on the back of the head. And there is no red development on the first two abdominal segments, which would probably be obvious in a teneral male.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
13 May 2018
The red-jointed legs is also a bit of a give away for this being a female Red & Blue Damsel.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.065721-36.399333
- Places Wallaga Lake, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2015 12:55 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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HarveyPerkins South Coast NatureMapr Xanthagrion erythroneurum Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Xanthagrion erythroneurum Scientific name
- Red & Blue Damsel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 865.4m Recorded at altitude
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