Odonata: Coenagrionidae

Ischnura aurora  

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Spargo Creek, VIC (Feb, 2014)

Female Aurora Bluetail Damselfly.

The female Aurora Bluetail Damselfly is even harder to spot in the thick grass than the male. She is about the same tiny size and is generally a green and bronze colour without the male's red abdomen or light-blue flag at the end of the abdomen.

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Male Aurora Bluetail

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Female Aurora Bluetail

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Male Aurora Bluetail

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Aurora Bluetail Habitat

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Aurora Bluetail

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Aurora Bluetail

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Aurora Bluetail

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Female Aurora Bluetail Damselfly

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Female Aurora Bluetail Damselfly

Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)

Female Aurora Bluetail Damselfly