Anisoptera (suborder)

Unidentified dragonfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Anisoptera (suborder)	24 May 2025	KorinneM
	Unverified	21 May 2025	MazzV

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User's notes

I acknowledge the photos here are poor, with apologies; Assuming they are the same species, I managed slightly better photos for sighting 4670130. I suspect this may be the female of the species at sighting 4670126, which I’ve seen mating with a dragonfly like the one of this sighting. This has a dull red-orange coloured abdomen and the head and thorax are a similar bronze-brown to that of sighting 4670130.

3 comments

KorinneM wrote:

24 May 2025

Possibly a Fiery Skimmer, but photos aren't good enough to confirm.

MazzV wrote:

3 Jun 2025

Thanks for the extra info, @KorinneM, not great pix, I agree! Cheers,

MazzV

KimberiRP wrote:

19 Jun 2025

It does look like a male Fiery Skimmer.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects

Additional information

dead bracken branch Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Anisoptera (suborder) Scientific name
Unidentified dragonfly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 970m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information
Synonyms
Epiproctophora

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania