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Garden Butterflies
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Butterflies are common visitors to backyards and a wide variety of species drop in to feed on nectar from blossoms. Some are regular garden-dwellers, their caterpillars feeding on widely-grown garden plants or street trees. A few species are even pests of citrus, palms and vegetables.
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Insects
Butterflies |
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Bluetails, riverdamsels, wisps and billabongflies
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The Coenagrionidae range in size from very small to large. In most species, the males are more colourful than the females, their head, thorax and tip of the abdomen often bright blue, red, yellow or orange. These damselflies rest with their wings clasped together. Many species breed in standing waters, but some (e.g. riverdamsels) breed in flowing waters.
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Insects
Damselflies |
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Perchers, skimmers, gliders and flutterers
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The Libellulidae range in size from very small to large and have eyes that touch on the top of the head. In males, the hindwing has a rounded base, and A2 of the abdomen has no auricles. Colour varies widely among different species. Males and females of the same species are sometimes very different in appearance. Most species breed in standing waters.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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Hunters, vicetails, tigers and dragons
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These dragonflies are predominantly black and yellow, with the eyes narrowly separated on the top of the head. The wings are clear. Most species are associated with flowing streams, but a few breed in standing waters.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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Flatwings
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Flatwings are medium-sized to large, dark-coloured damselflies, with pale markings that can be cream, yellowish, orange or sometimes bluish. Only one SEQ species develops a thick, powdery coating with age. Flatwings have clear wings that they spread out when they perch. They breed in flowing waters, or boggy seepages and swamps.
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Insects
Damselflies |
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Dragonfly and damselfly anatomy
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The bodies of dragonflies and damselflies are divided into a head, thorax and abdomen. The head has a pair of large compount eyes. The thorax consists of three segments, each with a pair of legs. The second and third segments of the thorax each have a pair of wings with a dense network of veins. The abdomen is elongate and made up of 10 segments.
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Insects
Damselflies Dragonflies |
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Rockmasters
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Rockmasters are very large, robust damselflies that rest with wings spread. Males are black with blue markings, and females dull-coloured. They breed in flowing waters.
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Insects
Damselflies |
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Darners, emperors, hawkers, duskhawkers and evening darners
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The Aeshnidae are large to very large, robust and strong-flying dragonflies, with eyes touching at the top of the head. Many species have pale stripes and spots on the thorax and abdomen. Others, especially crepuscular species, are mostly dull-coloured.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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Blue Skimmer
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The Blue Skimmer is a medium-sized, common dragonfly that inhabits a very wide range of standing and flowing waters. Young adults are yellow and black. Mature males develop a pale bluish powdery coating on the thorax and most of the abdomen except for a dark tip.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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Palemouth
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The Palemouth is a small, compact dragonfly that inhabits lakes, ponds, swamps and slow-flowing rivers with plenty of emergent aquatic plants. Mature males are very pale bluish with a black tip on the abdomen.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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