Odonata: Libellulidae

Diplacodes bipunctata  

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
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© Vik Dunis 2015
Malvern East, VIC (Dec, 2015)

As a proportion of body size, dragonflies have the biggest eyes in the animal kingdom, made up of thousands of 'facets' or 'ommatidia'.*


*Chandler, David and Cham, Steve (2013). Dragonfly. New Holland Publishers, p.24.

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Male Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher Wing Detail

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Perchers "in tandem"

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Wandering Percher

Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)

Dragonfly Eye