Riddells Creek (the creek itself) is proving to be a great place for spotting dragonflies and damselflies. In late Summer and Autumn the creek dries to a relative trickle and a few large pools, making it possible to walk down the centre of much of the creek bed.
Last week I walked along the creek at Narelle's property and found a new damselfly, previously not recorded in Riddells Creek, Austrolestes annulosus (Blue Ringtail), http://natureshare.org.au/observation/8907/
The above species was also found at Wybejong Park that same week and, I think, a female was spotted on Barrm Birrm.
Then a few days ago, while wandering down the creek at Wybejong, a tiny (really tiny!) damselfly flew in front of me - so small that it only caught my eye because of a flash of colour. It was a male Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail), http://natureshare.org.au/observation/8974/
By my reckoning this takes us to over a quarter of all Victorian species found in Riddells Creek (there are 76 species of dragonfly & damselfly in Victoria and we are now at 20 species in Riddells Creek).
All of our dragonflies and damselflies can be viewed on NatureShare:
All of our dragonflies and damselflies can be viewed on NatureShare:
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