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Austrolestes colensonis (Blue Damselfly)

Synonyms: Agrion colensonis

Wikipedia Abstract

Austrolestes colensonis, (Māori: kekewai) is a common endemic New Zealand damselfly. It is New Zealand's largest damselfly, and can change the colour of its body to help thermoregulation. Austrolestes colensonis flies between the months of October to May and is usually seen close to still water, rushes and reeds while the emergence season of the damselfly is highest in January.
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Predators

Anguilla australis (Shortfin eel)[1]
Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining Bronze Cuckoo)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2FOODS OF THE SHINING CUCKOO (CHRYSOCOCCYX LUCIDUS, AVES: CUCULIDAE) IN NEW ZEALAND, Brian J. Gill, NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL. 3. 1980
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0