Key Identification Features
- Austroaeschna obscura is a very dark dragonfly that has distinct pale markings.
- They specifically prefer small, heavily vegetated, semi-permanent or ephemeral ponds that have no fish, feature wooded riparian edges, and contain sphagnum moss.
- It looks similar to other aeshnid dragonflies, but can be definitively identified by a distinctive "golf-tee" shaped mark on the second segment of its abdomen (S2).
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