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Austrolestes annulosus
A delicate damselfly about 50mm long with grey and pale blue markings.
Public parkland with mixed native and introduced species.
(m) "More heavily marked with blue than any other Lestid. Dorsal patterning should be sufficient to separate this from all similar species. It is most similar to A. leda, which has about two-thirds of each segment coloured black. May be more easily confused with C. lyelli or C. billinghursti. Settles with a characteristic Lestid pose, with the body perpendicular to the grass stem. Appears to be widespread in lowland areas of Victoria." - ecology-solutions.com.au
Spotted on Jan 16, 2013
Submitted on Jan 16, 2013
6 Comments
Haha... same here, my eyes (even with glasses on) cannot tell what it is holding :) but maybe just a dry leaf. :)
Thanks Shanna, Jelly, Pam ... Agnes I didn't have my glasses on and still don't - you'll have to tell me. :-) ..... [I don't think so]
Great work, these are so so hard to get pics of.
Was it holding a prey?
Cool!
beautiful colour combination on this lovely damselfly...