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Brown Tiger Prawn, *Penaeus esculentus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Brown Tiger Prawn
The Brown Tiger Prawn is a large, banded prawn growing to 235 mm in length. It occurs on mud or sandy mud, and is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to central NSW.
Crustaceans
Royal Barnacle, Austromegabalanus nigrescens. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Royal Barnacle
The Royal Barnacle is common on rocks on exposed rocky headlands, lower tidal zone down to about 9 m depth. It occurs from southern Australia north to Queensland.
Crustaceans
Pygmy Wisp, *Agriocnemis pygmaea*, male. © Chris Burwell. Pygmy Wisp
The Pygmy Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits ponds, swamps and fringes of dams and lakes with plentiful aquatic vegetation. Mature males are dark brown or black with greenish markings and a reddish tip to the abdomen. Young females are mostly red and become black and green as they age.
Insects
Damselflies
Red Baron, *Urothemis aliena*, male. © Chris Burwell. Red Baron
The Red Baron is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits lakes, dams and riverine lagoons. Mature males are red with a thin black line down the centre of the abdomen and a dark tringular patch at the base of each hindwing.
Insects
Dragonflies
Chalky Percher, *Diplacodes trivialis*, mature male. © Chris Burwell. Chalky Percher
The Chalky Percher is a small dragonfly that inhabits standing waters, including lakes, ponds, swamps and temporary pools. Mature males have most of the body covered in a pale bluish powdery coating and black tip to the abdomen. Young adults are yellowish with black markings.
Insects
Dragonflies
Red Swampdragon, *Agrionoptera insignis*, male. © Chris Burwell. Red Swampdragon
The Red Swampdragon is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits swamps, and shaded dams and pools along streams and watercourses. Mature males have yellow thorax with dark markings and a thin red abdomen with a black tip.
Insects
Dragonflies
Red-rumped Wisp, *Agriocnemis rubricauda*, female. © Chris Burwell. Red-rumped Wisp
The Red-rumped Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits a variety of standing water habitats, including small, well-vegetated ponds, dams and swamps. It is very similar to the Pgymy Wisp but males have more of the tip of the abdomen reddish. However, only female Red-rumped Wisps are known from south-east Queensland.
Insects
Damselflies
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