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KorinneM wrote:

28 min ago

@HarveyPerkins can you please check whether you agree? Thank you.

Austroaeschna subapicalis

KorinneM wrote:

Yesterday

Yeah, then probably close to the end of its life.

Austroaeschna tasmanica

VanessaC wrote:

Yesterday

Hi @KorinneM - BOM says Hobart was around 19-20 C that time of day. I was in a valley, so maybe slightly cooler, but probably no lower than 16 C.

Austroaeschna tasmanica

KorinneM wrote:

Yesterday

Nice! What was the temperature like at the time? If cold, it may well have been somewhat dormant. I've come across a dragonfly of a species that doesn't let you get close before in a spot where the temperature was around 10 C, and it didn't move at all when I approached it, allowing me to get photos up close.

Austroaeschna tasmanica

Harrisi wrote:

22 Jan 2025

Thanks for all your input. Habitat was moist drainage line close to Shoalhaven river with low, riverine vegetation...

Archaeosynthemis orientalis