Blue Ringtail
Female, Back of Head
Blue Ringtail
Male, dorsal
| Blue Ringtail Female, Back of Head | | Blue Ringtail Male, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Dragonflies (Odonata) | ||||
| Family: | Spreadwing (Zygoptera: Lestidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Blue Ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, ventral | ||||
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) 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. | |||||
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