| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Date |
Location |
Comments |
| 2011/12 — 10 new species |
| Griseargiolestes fontanus |
Springs Flatwing |
26 April 2012 |
Lamington National Park, QLD |
To the untrained eye this looks similar to several other species.
|
| Austroargiolestes amabilis |
Flame Flatwing |
26 April 2012 |
Lamington National Park, QLD |
A striking but not rare damsel, limited to mostly rainforest creeks.
|
| Synlestes selysi |
Forest Needle |
22 April 2012 |
Bunya Mountains National Park, QLD |
Also spotted a few days later at Lamington.
|
| Hemicordulia intermedia |
Yellow-spotted Emerald |
22 April 2012 |
Burnett River, Mundubbera, QLD |
Only saw this one individual perched during the morning.
|
| Zyxomma elgneri |
Short-tailed Duskdarter |
20 April 2012 |
Carnarvon Gorge, QLD |
I've only seen the one individual of this species.
|
| Episynlestes albicauda |
Southern Whitetip |
20 April 2012 |
Carnarvon Gorge, QLD |
Observed at several locations on a Queensland trip.
|
| Ictinogomphus australis |
Australian Tiger |
19 April 2012 |
Miles, QLD |
Moderately common along the Queensland and Northern Territory Coast.
|
| Austroaeschna ingrid |
Grampians Darner |
7 January 2012 |
Grampians National Park, VIC |
Only having just realized this new species was described in 2008 I tried my luck
a couple of times until I found them on my second visit.
|
| Austrocordulia refracta |
Eastern Hawk |
24 December 2011 |
Croajingolong National Park, VIC |
Saw these flying around a riverine pool in the evening and had trouble identifying them from my poor in-flight photos.
|
| Cordulephya montana |
Mountain Shutwing |
24 December 2011 |
East Gippsland, VIC |
Although it turns out I had seen these a few years earlier I had misidentified them as
the more common but similar Cordulephya pygmaea.
|
| 2010/11 — 12 new species |
| Austroaeschna sigma |
Sigma Darner |
7 April 2011 |
Bunya Mountains, QLD |
It was a fairly cool day on the mountains and I thought I wouldn't see much
but when the sun came out I saw a couple of these.
|
| Agriocnemis pygmaea |
Pygmy Wisp |
6 April 2011 |
Ban Ban Springs, QLD |
Stopped here for dinner and saw something interesting at the pond, which turned out to be this new species.
|
| Argiocnemis rubescens |
Red-Tipped Shadefly |
6 April 2011 |
Good Night Scrub, QLD |
I almost didn't stop to search this area but was glad I did as it housed many dragonflies as well as butterflies.
|
| Austrogomphus melaleucae |
Twinspot Hunter |
3 April 2011 |
Severn River, Strathbogie, NSW |
Seen at the same place as Austrogomphus amphiclitus but the following day
I initially thought I had seen the same one again.
|
| Austrogomphus amphiclitus |
Pale Hunter |
2 April 2011 |
Severn River, Strathbogie, NSW |
Only the one seen but not uncommon in the region.
|
| Hemigomphus heteroclytus |
Stout Vicetail |
5 March 2011 |
Hodgson Creek, near Everton, VIC |
Very similar to the Southern Vicetail, which is common in Victoria,
several previous times I have thought I had seen heteroclytus.
|
| Austrogomphus cornutus |
Unicorn Hunter |
5 March 2011 |
Ovens River, Wangaratta, VIC |
Common in northern NSW this is about the extent of their distribution south.
|
| Spinaeschna tripunctata |
Southern Cascade Darner |
11 February 2011 |
Wonnangatta River, near Dargo, VIC |
Fairly widely distributed up the east coast of Australia but uncommon
I encountered one of these along with three other darners in the same spot.
|
| Nannophlebia risi |
Common Archtail |
26 January 2011 |
Ovens River, Wangaratta, VIC |
Once again this species is fairly common in NSW and Queensland
but this is about the only location it is known from south of Sydney.
|
| Diphlebia nymphoides |
Arrowhead Rockmaster |
8 January 2011 |
Freestone Creek, Briagolong, VIC |
Having known for some time that this species lives along this rocky creek I finally made the effort to visit.
This is probably the most common species in Victoria that I hadn't seen. |
| Coenagrion lyelli |
Swamp Bluet |
22 December 2010 |
Bunyip State Park, VIC |
There were several males at a roadside dam I had visited numerous times before. |
| Austroagrion cyane |
South-western Billabongfly |
12 December 2010 |
Piccaninnie Ponds, SA |
Although having visited the area on numerous occasions in the last few years
this was the first time I had seen this species.
Being this close to the border it is only a matter of time for it to be discovered in Victoria. |
| 2009/10 — 7 new species |
| Pseudagrion ignifer |
Flameheaded Riverdamsel |
12 June 2010 |
Burnett River, QLD |
On my first visit to Queensland I only saw one new odonata species — it was winter after all. |
| Austrolestes aridus |
Inland Ringtail |
8 June 2010 |
Killarney, NSW |
My first new species for a long trip up north.
Later in the year I saw the species for the first time in Victoria. |
| Dendroaeschna conspersa |
Wide-faced Darner |
6 April 2010 |
Snowy River National Park, VIC |
A rare dragonfly. |
| Austroaeschna inermis |
Whitewater Darner |
20 February 2010 |
Eucumbene River, Snowy Mountains, NSW |
An uncommon dragonfly because it lives in high-altitude rocky rivers. |
| Austrogomphus australis |
Inland Hunter |
18 February 2010 |
Ovens River, Wangaratta, VIC |
Supposedly fairly common on large inland river I only saw this one unhealthy specimen. |
| Austroaeschna flavomaculata |
Alpine Darner |
25 January 2010 |
Bogong High Plains, VIC |
An uncommon high-altitude dragonfly. |
| Crocothemis nigrifrons |
Black-headed Skimmer |
27 December 2009 |
Millicent, SA |
A fairly widespread dragonfly that I've yet to see in Victoria. |
| 2008/09 — 5 new species |
| Archaeosynthemis orientalis |
Eastern Brown Tigertail |
1 February 2009 |
Bunyip State Park, VIC |
Found sporadically in south-east Australia (including Tasmania) but not common. |
| Procordulia jacksoniensis |
Eastern Swamp Emerald |
17 January 2009 |
Lake Mountain, VIC |
A fairly common species of shallow swamps at all altitudes. |
| Pseudagrion microcephalum |
Blue Riverdamsel |
14 January 2009 |
Elusive Lake, Croajingolong NP, VIC |
Not previously recorded for Victoria this species is quite common north
around the coast from Sydney into Western Australia.
Checking photos from a previous visit I realized I had also seen this species here in 2006
but hadn't identified them properly at the time |
| Nannophya australis |
Australian pygmyfly |
13 January 2009 |
East Gippsland, VIC |
Another new species found during an orchid survey.
This species is rare in Victoria and slightly more common half way up the east coast. |
| Hemiphlebia mirabilis |
Ancient Greenling |
14 December 2008 |
Long Swamp near Nelson, VIC |
Previously considered rare and with a limited distribution
subsequent searches yielded many individuals at numerous locations including in South Australia. |
