Welcome to Victorian Dragonflies. 

The Victorian Dragonflies Group comprises wildlife enthusiasts who, over the course of the last three years have been compiling information about these fascinating insects. This website contains everything from species accounts and identification information, to a sightings atlas and flight periods. 

PLEASE SEND US YOUR IMAGES (ausodonata-owner@yahoogroups.com). 

We can't promise we will use everything but we are always keen to receive pictures, even of  dragonflies in other parts of Australia.  

PLEASE SEND US YOUR SIGHTINGS 

We have already compiled nearly 1,500 sightings from all over the State. Our simple Excel-spreadsheet format allows you to submit sightings easily

Key to Species List

The menu on the left takes you to all the species currently on the Victorian list with images and descriptions where these are available. The key, as follows, gives you a guide about what to expect: R = Rare; U = Uncommon; M = Moderately common; C = Common; L = Localised; W = Widespread.

Acknowledgements

The Victorian Dragonflies website was written and constructed by Simon Mustoe of AES Applied Ecology Solutions Pty. Ltd with substantial input and photos from Reiner, Danny Rogers, Ian Endersby, Andrew Silcocks, Geoff Walker, Jeff Davies, Simon Starr and Ken Gosbell. Also thanks to Jochen Muller, Andrew McCutcheon, Adrian Boyle, Sheila Burrow, Norman Mueller and Chi Liu for additional photos. We are also grateful to the Australian National Insect Collection for providing specimen data on the web, that allowed us to greatly improve our knowledge of the distribution and abundance of many species in the state and to John Trueman and Gunther Theischinger for occasional wisdom.  All material and photos on this site are for public use but remain the copyright of the photographers. If you wish to seek permission to use any of the material, please contact us on ausodonata-owner@yahoogroups.com