| Common Name: | Forest Darner |
Distribution
Female
Female
Male
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| Scientific Name: | Austroaeschna pulchra (Tillyard, 1909) |
| Distribution: | Recorded from the Grampians in Western Victoria on the mainland along the east-coast hills to Brisbane.
Moderately common in its preferred habitat. |
| Description: | These are large dragonflies predominantly brown in color with pale yellow,greenish or bluish marking.
Abdominal (tail) segments have diagnostically large, symetrical pale patches helping to sepearate this species from other darners. |
| Similar Species: | Spinaeschna
are superficially similar but have smaller marking on the abdomen. |
| Habitat: | Inhabits streams and rivers, mainly rocky ones in forests. |
| Behaviour: | Males patrol areas above rivers,
circling around usually fairly low to the water and hovering from time-to-time.
They perch hanging from vegetation off the ground. |
| Observations: |
I have seen mostly males when patrolling over fairly swiftly flowing (and therefore rocky) rivers. |
| Links & References: |
More information and photos of this species can readily be found on the internet, including the links below.
Wildiaries
Australian National Insect Collection Database
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