Common Bluetail Damselfly at Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Identification history
| Ischnura heterosticta | 4 Jan 2025 | KorinneM | ||
| Unverified | 7 Feb 2024 | TimL |
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The final image provides some detail of the structure behind the damselfly's head. There is a small light coloured, circular structure, which I understand is the anterior thoracic spiracle. This particular spiracle provides oxygen to the damselfly’s wing muscles and its brain. The spiracle has a flap-type valve which opens and closes as necessary and is closed in this image. This feature is usually hidden from view behind the damselfly's head/eye structure but is visible when the Damselfly is at rest, as in this image.
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Location information
- Coordinates 153.030478-27.474470
- Altitude 25.0m
- Maps Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
- Places Brisbane City, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Feb 2024 11:50 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL Greater Brisbane NatureMapr Damselflies (Zygoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects Ischnura heterosticta
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Ischnura heterosticta Scientific name
- Common Bluetail Damselfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1358.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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