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Blue Skimmer patrols unsuitable water feature for three days, his tedium broken only by the arrival of a mate, a rival, and three million bees. [>>]

Trip Reports

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Blue Skimmer patrols unsuitable water feature for three days, his tedi…

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Willerin Loop Flash Flood

Burst watermain floods park, bamboozles unfortunate damsel

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A Morning on Mt. Lewis

 

A morning trip up to Mt. Lewis, Julatten, found two  new species …

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Surveys Around Gympie

I was in the Gympie area of Queensland for work a few weeks back, and …



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Other Field Reports

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Wardle Road Wanderer Wandering Glider patroling driveway
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Return to Hammond Road Pond Curious to see how dragonfly and damselfly population was changing, and how they coped with strong scorching westerlies
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Willagee Wandering Percher ( and two others dragonflies I didn't ID ) hawking and perching over small lawn
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Jarvis Road, Baldivis Open ground near Koi & Waterplant farm
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Discussion Group

Len Mueller was kind enough to email some photos of C. pygmaea & C. montana. With his permission I have ... [>>]
Chris, Both your photos look like pygmea, from the pale metepimeron (more visible in 5 than 2r) to the shape ... [>>]
Hi This is a Common, pygmaea that I took in the mountains at Bowral _2r and appears the same as ... [>>]
The high res images are very convincing and unambiguous, note also the abdominal markings which would be easier to see ... [>>]
Apologies for posting an incorrect link earlier - I posted a link to the thumbnail rather than full sized image. ... [>>]
Len Mueller pointed out another photo I took on the same trip as the "Loch Ness" photos (incidentally he also ... [>>]
PS. Gunther T just emailed me too saying its Austrocordulia refracta. R [>>]
Got the email this time. While I was away in the past few days I stumbled across refracta in the ... [>>]
Hi Reiner, no I didn't get Geoff's email. I think the yellow/black stripes on top of the eyes of the ... [>>]
Did anyone get Jeff's email where he suggested Apocordulia macrops (Nighthawk)? I didn't get it originally but Geoff was kind ... [>>]

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Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

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Orangey-red flattened abdomen with distinct spots along the mid-dorsal line of the abdomen and a few smaller spots along the abdomen sides. Slight yellow bases ... [>>]