Victorian Orchids

Bunyip State Park Jan 2010 Sunday January 31, 2010

Report produced by Reiner R. This trip is shared on Dragonflies Australia, Victorian Orchids, and Australian Birds

Visited several sites in Bunyip State Park on a hot day, including Buttongrass and Mortimer. Sighted several odonata.

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Roadside dam in forest.

Several known species for the site, nothing unusual.

Trail through forest along creek. I saw numerous forset dragonflies on a hot afternoon, including two mating pairs of Souther Evening Darner.

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Species	No.
Bronze Needle (Synlestes weyersii)	10
Eastern Billabongfly (Austroagrion watsoni)	8
Black-faced Percher (Diplacodes melanopsis)	6
Australian Emerald (Hemicordulia australiae)	6
Swamp Tigertail (Synthemis eustalacta)	6
Southern Evening Darner (Telephlebia brevicauda)	5
Eastern Brown Tigertail (Archaeosynthemis orientalis)	3
Rosy Hyacinth Orchid (Dipodium roseum)	3
Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)	3
Eastern Pygmyfly (Nannophya dalei)	3
Multi-spotted Darner (Austroaeschna multipunctata)	3
Common Bluetail (Ischnura heterosticta)	2
Mountain Darner (Austroaeschna atrata)	2
Australian Emperor (Hemianax papuensis)	2
Common Flatwing (Austroargiolestes icteromelas)	2
Southern Tigertail (Eusynthemis guttata)	2
Small Tigertail (Eusynthemis brevistyla)	2
Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus)	1
Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)	1
Blue-spotted Hawker (Aeshna brevistyla)	1