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FAMILY LIBELLULIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Black Faced Percher Dragonflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Male, body length35mm
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- This red dragonfly male is easily recognized for his all black face and
front thorax. Males
have red adbomen marked with board black band on each segment. Females are
similar but abdomen is orange-grey to greenish-grey and face with lighter
colours. They are found only in large still waters and not in the running
creeks.
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- This set of eggs laying photos were taken in the Lagoon in Karawatha
Forest Feb 2008.
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- The Black Faced Percher pair mated for about a minute, then started to lay
eggs in tandem. They laid eggs into the water surface which is full of dense
water plants.
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- This set of eggs laying photos were taken in the Lagoon in Karawatha
Forest March 2008.
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Male
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- Males
have red adbomen marked with board black band on each segment.
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Female
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- Females are
similar but abdomen is orange-grey to greenish-grey and face with lighter
colours. Female of this species is easily confused with other two Percher species
(the Scarlet Percher and Wandering
Percher). The above 1st photo was put in the Wandering
Percher page until we took the above set of tandem photos to compare and
confirm.
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- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - CSIRO, Watson, Theisinger & Abbey,1991,
p244.
- 2. A Field Guide to Dragonflies of South East Queensland - Ric
Nattrass, 2006, p91.
- 3. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006,
p278.
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