Odonata: Telephlebiidae

Austroaeschna flavomaculata  

Alpine Darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata)
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© Vik Dunis 2016
Baw Baw National Park, VIC (Feb, 2016)
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A female Alpine Darner depositing eggs on vegetation in a mountain bog.

The darner has a spine on her abdomen which she can use to pierce the vegetation in order to insert an egg.

Alpine Darner abdomen detail

Alpine Darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata)

Alpine Darner

Alpine Darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata)

Alpine Darner

Alpine Darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata)

Alpine Darners Reproducing

Alpine Darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata)

Alpine Darner Eating

Alpine Darner (Austroaeschna flavomaculata)

Alpine Darner Depositing Eggs