Blue Ringtail
Female, anterior
Blue Ringtail
Female, Head
| Blue Ringtail Female, anterior | | Blue Ringtail Female, Head | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Dragonflies (Odonata) | ||||
| Family: | Spreadwing (Zygoptera: Lestidae) | ||||
| Species: | Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, Wing Venation | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Notice with Spreadwings, they site with their wings in vertically, flat along the body, or just above, the same as Damselflies. The females are a very different colour to the males. Males are vivid blue, where the female are off white, with metallic patches on their dorsal surface & head. We photographed 6 specimens in Jan, Feb, Mar, May & June | |||||
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