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Flatwing Damselfly - Griseargiolestes albescens
FAMILY
MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Coastal Flatwing Damselflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Male, body
length 37mm
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- We found many Coastal Flatwings Damselflies in Yugarapul Park,
Brisbane when we searching for the Petaltails. The
Coastal Flatwings are the medium size. Males are
blue to pale blue in colour.
Male
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- Like the other Flatwings,
they do not mind if we come very close. We can always have the close look at them.
They are easy to find inside the swamp area of the Yugarapul Park. They
usually rest on the low plants.
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- The male Coastal Flatwings look quite different from the females. Males have furry thorax in white-blue colour.
The patterns on the thorax can hardly be seen for it is covered by the white fur. Their abdomen is dark blue with
powder blue light tail.
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Female
 - Female, body length 34mm
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- Female
Coastal Flatwings are about the same size as the male, or slightly smaller. As the
Common Flatwings, females sometimes rest with their wings
closed.
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- Females do not have fur on their thorax and do not
have the white tail light. The patterns on their thorax is clean with metallic
blue strips on white.
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- Also found them in Carbrook Wetland.
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Mating
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- The male and female look so different that although we can always find them
in the same area, we did not know they are the same species, until we saw them
mating in tandem and wheel position.
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 - Wings of Coastal Flatwings Damselfly
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- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - CSIRO, Watson, Theisinger &
Abbey,1991, p157.
- 2. A
Field Guide to Dragonflies of South East Queensland - Ric Nattrass,
2006, p26.
- 3. The
Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther
Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006, p48.
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