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Yellow Striped Flutterer

Order Odonata, Rhyothemis phyllis

Description:

Body length to approx 4cm. Wings mostly transparent, except for a patch of black and yellow stripes. It was drizzling rain so it hung under the cover of a leaf. Docile.

Habitat:

Forest at Cattana Wetlands QLD

1 Species ID Suggestions

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago
Yellow-striped Flutterer
Rhyothemis phyllis Yellow-striped Flutterer Dragonfly - Rhyothemis phyllis


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4 Comments

Andrea Lim
Andrea Lim 10 years ago

Yes you are right about their flight. It looked as though it was struggling. Slow wing beats.

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago

No worries!! I was so excited to see one, but we were amazed at how slow they are in flight. My hubby described them as "the turtles of the dragonfly world". : )

Andrea Lim
Andrea Lim 10 years ago

Thank you for the assistance with the ID Shanna. Much appreciated!

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago

These are beautiful. My husband and I had our first spotting of one last weekend too! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/203...

Andrea Lim
Spotted by
Andrea Lim

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Mar 29, 2013
Submitted on Apr 3, 2013

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