VICTORIAN DRAGONFLIES

FLIGHT PERIODS

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  Months species have been recorded in Victoria (figures are number of records) 

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 Peak months in Victoria (figures are number of records) 

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  Flight period in NSW after Fraser's Handbook of the Dragonflies of Australasia or number of records from Australian National Insect Collection

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  Flight period after Fraser or ANIC but month also includes records from the Victorian Dragonfly Group database.
Note, data comprises sampled adults, not larvae. Interstate data is used in the absence of data from Victoria or where there is only limited data. All ANIC data is from NSW / ACT and  south of 32 degrees south latitude, except for Crocothemis nigrifrons, for which the only available data is from northern NSW. 

Month

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
DIPHLEBIIDAE
Diphlebia lestoides     4 10 2
Diphlebia nymphoides           3 3
HEMIPHLEBIDAE                        
Hemiphlebia mirabilis 2 5 8 1
SYNLESTIDAE                        
Synlestes weversii 2 5 8 8 4      
LESTIDAE                        
Austrolestes analis 1 1 14 14 17 9 4 3 1  
Austrolestes annulosus 1 1 5 6 11 0 1 1 2
Austrolestes aridus 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Austrolestes cingulatus   1 3 5 4 3 3 1  
Austrolestes io 2 0 3 1 0 0 1
Austrolestes leda 1 3 8 8 8 11 8 5 2
Austrolestes psyche 1 1 1 1 10 2 1
MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE                        
Austroargiolestes calcaris 1 5 7 8 1
Austroargiolestes icteromelas 5 7 18 26 9
Griseargiolestes eboracus 6 4 10
Griseargiolestes intermedius 1 1 4 4

Month

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
PROTONEURIDAE                        
Nososticta solida 3 11 4
ISOSTICTIDAE                        
Rhadinosticta simplex 2 0 2 3 3
COENAGRIONIDAE
Austroagrion watsoni     2 1 3 4 2 1  
Austrocnemis splendida x x x 1 x x
Caliagrion billinghursti 4    
Coenagrion lyelli 1 5 0 1
Ischnura aurora 1 4 4 6 6 4 3 3 1
Ischnura heterosticta 1 5 14 21 12 11 5 16 1
Pseudagrion aureofrons 1 0 0 1 0 3
Xanthagrion erythroneurum 8 16 24 4 2 7 0 1
AUSTROPETALIIDAE
Austropetalia tonyana 1 1 0 1

Month

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
TELEPHLEBIIDAE
Austroaeschna atrata       1 1 0 1
Austroaeschna flavomaculata 1 3
Austroaeschna inermis 1 1    
Austroaeschna multipunctata       2 5 8 1 2
Austroaeschna parvistigma         1 3 1      
Austroaeschna pulchra           4 4 3  
Austroaeschna subapicalis           2 4 0 1
Austroaeschna unicornis 1 1 5 8 1 2
Dendroaeschna conspersa 5 10 0 1
Notoaeschna sagittata 1 0 0 1
Spinaeschna tripunctata 2
Telephlebia brevicauda 2 11 9 4
AESHNIDAE
Adversaeschna brevistyla     1 2 17 14 7 5 4 1 1
Hemianax papuensis     6 10 5 9 4 11 3 6 1

Month

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
GOMPHIDAE
Antipodogomphus acolythus 1
Austrogomphus angelorum 1 2
Austrogomphus australis 1 12 1
Austrogomphus cornutus 2 2 1
Austrogomphus guerini     13 17 12 9 1    
Austrogomphus ochraceus 2 3 7 0 3
Hemigomphus gouldii         4 10 5
Hemigomphus heteroclytus     1 0 3
SYNTHEMESTIDAE
Archaeosynthemis orientalis 1 2 1
Eusynthemis brevistyla 2 10 11 4 2 1
Eusynthemis guttata 1 3 7 8 1
Eusynthemis tillyardi 2 0 1
Eusynthemis virgula 1 4 5 7 2  
Parasynthemis regina 2 0 1  
Synthemis eustalacta 1 2 4 12 16 2
AUSTROCORDULIIDAE
Apocordulia macrops 1 14
Austrocordulia refracta 2 1 9 5 1
CORDULEPHYIDAE
Cordulephya pygmaea 1 1 1 1    

Month

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
HEMICORDULIIDAE
Hemicordulia australiae       1 1 8 7 8 5
Hemicordulia tau 4 8 20 14 10 10 4 2 2
Procordulia jacksoniensis 3 2 2 1
LIBELLULIDAE
Austrothemis nigrescens 2  
Crocothemis nigrifrons 4 3 5 4 1
Diplacodes bipunctata 4 14 14 5 10 8 6 3 1
Diplacodes haematodes     2 1 2 0 3      
Diplacodes melanopsis  1 2 5 9 3      
Nannophlebia risi 2 6 1 1 1 1 1
Nannophya australis 4 1 1 2
Nannophya dalei 1 1 2 6 2 1
Orthetrum caledonicum     4 6 7 10 6 1 1 1
Orthetrum villosovittatum      1 3 3 2 10 3 5
Pantala flavescens       1 0 3 0 2 3
Trapezostigma loewi 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 1

Month

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
TOTALS 2 27 91 214 322 363 242 103 73 11 3