Australian Duskhawker - Austrogynacantha heterogena
FAMILY AESHNIDAE
- Female, body length 60mm
- Australian Duskhawker is crepuscular and vagrant. The larvae inhabit still water.
- The dragonfly is bright green in colour with dark brown patterns.
- We found this dragonfly only once. It was in the Yugarapul Park on Jan 2011. The dragonfly was hiding among tall grasses, flied to a few meters away when we walked pass the field. The dragonfly was bright green in colour on flight and with a distinctive flying pattern. We then knew this is a dragonfly we never saw. We followed it and took those pictures.
- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - Watson, J.A.L., Theischinger, G., Abbey, H.M. 1991, CSIRO Publications, pp 186.
- 2. A Field Guide to Dragonflies of South East Queensland - Ric Nattrass, 2006, p49.
- 3. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006, p154.
This page contains information and pictures about Australian Duskhawker Dragonflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
