Wandering Percher
S3, Male, profile
Ellura
Wandering Percher
S2, Female, anterior
 
                      
Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Dragonflies (Odonata)
Family: Skimmer (Epiprocta: Libellulidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
This Photo:     🔍S6, Male, profile🔎
Synonym: Libellula bipunctata

Thank you Reiner Richter & John Tann for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Notice with Skimmers, they sit with their wings out down, below horizontal. The males are similar to Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes), but with more black markings.

Copyright © 2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Sep-2024
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.