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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Dragonflies (Odonata)
	Family:	Skimmer (Epiprocta: Libellulidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
	This Photo:	S1, Female, dorsal
	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 © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 17-Mar-2011
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.