Apocordulia macrops - Nighthawk

Male identification: A small pale brown dragonfly with dark narrow rings around the base of each segment and a thick dark mid-dorsal line down the abdomen. Thorax with a pale central stripe. Wings clear with pale brown pterostigma. Orange leading veins to both wings.

Female identification: Appears similarly marked to male but with clubbed tail.

Similar species: Most similar to A. refracta which is much darker in colour and lacks dark rings around the abdomen.

Behaviour: No information at present

Distribution: Recorded along the Kiewa River in northern Victoria at altitudes less than 400m.

Australian State distribution (from CSIRO Entomology)

Habitat: No information at present

Status: Rare and localised

Flight period: December to January