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FAMILY COENAGRIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Aurora Bluetail
Damselflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Male, body length 23mm
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- Aurora Bluetail
Damselflies are tiny damselflies. Males are beautifully
have the colours of the rainbow. The head and thorax are from green to yellow,
the abdomen is from yellow to orange to red. There is the bright blue at the
tip. The back of the thorax is black. The females are pale grey in colour.
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 - Male Male
Female
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- We usually find them among the thick vegetations along Bulimba Creek. They may be attracted
by windows light as well. We found a male once in our house, where is a kilometer
away from the nearest creek.
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 - Young male
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 - Wings of Aurora Bluetail Damselfly
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- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - CSIRO, Watson, Theisinger &
Abbey,1991, p132.
- 2. A
Field Guide to Dragonflies of South East Queensland - Ric Nattrass,
2006, p36.
- 3. The
Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther
Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006, p96.
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