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FAMILY LIBELLULIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Graphic Flutterer Dragonflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They
are also known as Banded Flutterer and Small Pond Dragonfly.
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- Male and female, body length 33mm
- This dragonfly is easy to be recognized. The two pairs of wings are in gold colour with brown
patterns. Males and females look the same. They prefer still or slow-running
waters. We saw a lot of these dragonflies flying around in Macgregor Park, Oxley Creek and
Bulimba Creek in
Brisbane.
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- Graphic Flutterer Dragonflies fly slowly, usually gliding instead of
flying. If they fly, they flutter their wings slowly. They can change speed
and direction suddenly when flight.
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- Sometimes we found them resting in
small group on grasses near the creek or at the middle of the pond.
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 - Male Banded Flutterer wings
- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - CSIRO, Watson, Theisinger &
Abbey,1991, p254.
- 2. A
Field Guide to Dragonflies of South East Queensland - Ric Nattrass,
2006, p104.
- 3. The
Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther
Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006, p286.
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