Family PROTONEURIDAE - Threadtail Damselflies
- Orange Threadtail, Ochre Threadtail
- Nososticta solida, body length 35mm
- The above pictures was taken near a pond in Eight Mile Plains in Brisbane during mid summer, where quite a number of different damselflies and dragonflies can be found. The damselfly has a yellow thorax with black patterns. The abdomen is black with yellow strips. More information and pictures can be found on this page.
The Threadtail Damselflies are usually small in size, and their abdomen are pin-thin. Their wings are usually clean. We found only one species of this family in Brisbane area.
- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - CSIRO, Watson, Theisinger & Abbey,1991, p143.
- 2. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006, p82.
