Splendid Longlegs (3/12)

Odonata: Coenagrionidae

Austrocnemis splendida  

Climbing up the long rear left leg of the Spendid Longlegs is a tiny red water mite. Another bright little red body is attached to the right-hand side of the thorax.

These tiny parasites, like ticks, feed on the damselfly's body fluids.