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Blue Ringtail
Austrolestes annulosus
-37.876, 145.351
Field Notes
Description:
A delicate damselfly about 50mm long with grey and pale blue markings.
Habitat:
Public parkland with mixed native and introduced species.
Notes:
(m) "More heavily marked with blue than any other Lestid. Dorsal patterning should be sufficient to separate this from all similar species. It is most similar to A. leda, which has about two-thirds of each segment coloured black. May be more easily confused with C. lyelli or C. billinghursti.
Settles with a characteristic Lestid pose, with the body perpendicular to the grass stem.
Appears to be widespread in lowland areas of Victoria." - ecology-solutions.com.au
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Austrolestes annulosus
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2013
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