Orthetrum caledonicum

Blue Skimmer at Wodonga, VIC

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Identification history

	Orthetrum caledonicum	23 Jan 2023	HarveyPerkins
	Unverified	22 Jan 2023	KylieWaldon

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This dragonfly was oddly coloured (if blue skimmer) and seemed to have either an insect kill or strange leg thing between its legs. If its food, I've never had a photo of that before.

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HarveyPerkins wrote:

23 Jan 2023

Definitely food - perhaps the abdomen of a flower wasp?

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1 Abundance
21 Jan 2023 10:17 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

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50mm or larger Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Orthetrum caledonicum Scientific name
Blue Skimmer Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1529.4m Recorded at altitude
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