Taking a decent pic was almost impossible as it was darting around seemingly at random above the water.
The colouration was bright red.
Coenagrionidae / Zygoptera / Odonata
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Prolific under chestnut tree, but spread over wider area. Shows white rim.
in bed of old Halfway Dam, Lincpin G Link Rd, Creswick Reg Park
Tentative ID, under old hardwood
Height: 3cm
Diameter: 20cm
Substrate Leaf litter, herbs & grasses
Habitat: Ironbark forest
Other spp: Eucalyptus tricarpa, Acacia verniciflua, Juncus pallidus, Geranium sp., Oxalis sp., moss
Not Ramaria filicicola
Height: 2cm
Diameter: 2cm
Substrate Tree-fern base
Habitat: Wet forest
Other spp: Eucalyptus spp., Coprosma quadrifida, Cyathea australis, Bursaria spinosa, Polystichum proliferum
Height: 2mm
Diameter: 3mm
Substrate Wood
Habitat: Fern gully
Other spp: Eucalyptus viminalis, Acacia melanoxylon, Olearia argophylla, fern spp
Height: 20mm
Diameter: Patch 1m
Status: Indigenous
Habitat: Fern gully
Other spp: Hedycarya angustifolia, Dicksonia antarctica, Polystichum proliferum, Blechnum parrisiae, mosses, lichens