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title: "Australian Bluetail"
description: "Ischnura heterosticta — Insekten & Spinnen. Ischnura heterosticta, one of at least two species with the common name common bluetail, is an Australian damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/australian-bluetail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Bluetail

> Ischnura heterosticta — Insekten & Spinnen. Ischnura heterosticta, one of at least two species with the common name common bluetail, is an Australian damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.

- Scientific name: *Ischnura heterosticta*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 10731
- Wikidata: [Q1869358](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1869358)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201963](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201963)

## Names

- en: Australian Bluetail

## Countries with the most observations

AU (10525), NC (44), FJ (22), TL (8)

## Summary

Ischnura heterosticta, one of at least two species with the common name common bluetail, is an Australian damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.
It is the largest of the three Ischnura species in Australia.  They are generally found near slow-running or still water. The species is also salt tolerant. It flies from October to March.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischnura_heterosticta

## Photo

![Australian Bluetail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-bluetail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/370706597

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-bluetail?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).