Tau Emerald Male, Secondary Genetalia | Tau Emerald Female, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Dragonflies (Odonata) | ||||
Family: | Emerald Dragonfly (Epiprocta: Corduliidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau) | ||||
This Photo: | Male, ventral | ||||
Thank you Stephen Fricker 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, the Riverland and elsewhere Different to the Australian Emerald (H. australiae) in a few ways. The Tau has: 1. Orange leading wing veins & wing patch (pterostigma), rather than black 2. An orange spot at the end of it's tail (segment 10) 3. An inverted "T" on it's face (unfortunately we didn't capture this in the photo's, yet) | |||||
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