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Nososticta sp.
This Unid Threadtail looks blue marked with a pale yellow around the bit the wings are attached to. There is a single black spot at the top of the wing near the far end (away from head). It is very long and thin looking blue on top with pale yellow along the bottom. The wings near where they are attached have a glassy look that only extends along the top and stops at the point where the wing becomes wider.
Perched on the rock near the edge of the waterhole at Adcock Gorge.
Any further help is appreciated!
Spotted on Sep 25, 2016
Submitted on Oct 27, 2016
10 Comments
Fair call. I will leave it at Nososticta species until I learn what it is! Thank you for all of your help Jellis :)
As I said thee is mot much. There is a book.
Or it could be neither of them! :D
Before I just fill in the scientific name with Nososticta species, would anyone be willing to have a check of these two possibilities please? I think (fingers crossed) I have narrowed it down to either one of these but this first one is apparently only in the Northern Territory - Northern Threadtail (Nososticta fraterna) female: http://dl.id.au/1/g.php?c=3&i=203 OR the more widely spread Malachite Threadtail (Nososticta liveringa): http://museum.wa.gov.au/_waiss/WA_Dragon... any help is appreciated!
Yeah right. I guess now that I think about it that makes a whole lot of sense! Cheers for that! Liana
Like most bird species Dragonflies and Damselflies female are less colorful. Not all, some newly emerged and sometimes temperature affects the color.
Goodness...what makes you say it could be a female?
hard part but it also looks like a female
Thank you Jellis. I will do some more research. At least I have somewhere to start!
not sure but it looks like a Nososticta species but there is not much information on Western Australian odonata