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Red and Blue Damsel | Xanthagrion erythroneurum |
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Male Xanthagrion erythroneurum
Image: 672×576, 39KB
Date & Time: 23 November 2005 16:05
Place: Candlebark Park, Temlestowe
Xanthagrion erythroneurum Pair
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Date & Time: 25 February 2004 14:55
Place: Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
Teneral Xanthagrion erythroneurum
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Date & Time: 19 November 2006 12:20
Place: Lysterfield Lake
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A smaller damsel with the mature male having particularly striking coloration of
a red head and thorax, mostly black along the top of the tail and some blue markings on top of the end of the tail.
The female has a pale thorax by comparison (see second photo) and lacks the blue markings.
Could be mistaken for the larger Pseudagrion aureofrons
if not viewed well (particularly tenerals with female P. aureofrons.
These damselflies can be found throughout most of Australia, inhabiting slow rivers or dams.
In Victoria they can be seen in flight from mid spring through to late autumn.
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Male Xanthagrion erythroneurum
Xanthagrion erythroneurum Pair
Teneral Xanthagrion erythroneurum