Odonata: Lestidae

Austrolestes analis  

Slender Ringtail (Austrolestes analis)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Mount Alexander, VIC (Jan, 2014)

We found this male Slender Ringtail Damselfly hanging from a granite boulder near a drying pool of water in a small quarry area halfway up Mount Alexander.

Inset shows the head and thorax in more detail.

Slender Ringtail (Austrolestes analis)

Male Slender Ringtail Damselfly

Slender Ringtail (Austrolestes analis)

Slender Ringtail

Slender Ringtail (Austrolestes analis)

Slender Ringtail

Slender Ringtail (Austrolestes analis)

Slender Ringtail Damselfly Pair