Odonata: Libellulidae

Rhyothemis phyllis  

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)
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© Geoff Walker 2014
Enoggera Reservoir, QLD (Dec, 2014)

The Yellow-striped Flutterer Dragonfly seemed to be the bully boy of the lily pad patch that I was working in, constantly chasing off all other dragonflies.

Only the Splendid Longlegs Damselfly seemed to escape its attention, perhaps because it was too small to see.

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Yellow-striped Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

Yellow-striped Flutterer