Insects at Kunoth BoreAurora Bluetail Damselfly Meadow Argus Butterfly Mud-dauber Wasp Orange Potter Wasp
It is not surprising to see insects such as damselflies and dragonflies, especially when there is water there.
The damselfly pictured here is Ischnura aurora. It has a few common names including the Aurora Bluetail, the Gossamer Damselfy, and the Golden Dartlet. It is a small apple green in colour damselfly with black thoracic strips and blue-tipped yellow tail
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera
- Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea
- Family: Coenagrionidae
- Genus: Ischnura
- Species: Ischnura aurora
- Subspecies: Ischnura aurora aurora (Brauer, 1865)
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for Di Bickers, member of Amateur Entomology Australia, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/476897096018877/
- Ischnura aurora (Brauer, 1865), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/eba0227f-f618-41b7-b5f6-1e4041ae1d5c
Insects at Kunoth BoreAurora Bluetail Damselfly Meadow Argus Butterfly Mud-dauber Wasp Orange Potter Wasp
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