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Hemicordulia tau
a medium-sized butterfly with a wing span of about 50mm. Darh ead with brown eyes. A black tapering body with yellow crescent shaped patterns hugging the abdomen with tapered ends pointing upwards. The last segment had a yellow spot. Wings were delicately veined with a brownish yellow pterositgma.
Resting on a young eucalyptus tree.
This is probably a female because of the tapering abdomen. This female was missing a piece of the tip of the left wing. It was resting hanging down. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_... For some interesting information about the predatory behaviour of dragonflies: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/scienc...
Spotted on Nov 6, 2012
Submitted on Nov 6, 2012
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Hmm.. it's the Tau... not the more common Australian emerald.