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FAMILY LIBELLULIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Red Baron Dragonflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Female lay eggs, body length 50mm
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- We took this pictures in the Lagoon in Karawatha Forest Feb 2008. We did
not expected to found this dragonfly there. We saw a red dragonfly flying
around and we thought this was one of the common red Libellulids
that we always see. Then we found it was quite large, and it started laying
eggs in water. We did not know any female dragonfly which is bright red in
colour. Then we took this picture. Return home we find that this is the Red
Baron. This is a NEQ species and considered rare in South-east Queensland.
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- We came back to the Lagoon a week later, we found only one male it was
perching on reed.
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- The rounded deep solid red suffusion in base of hindwings distinguished
the Red Baron from other dragonflies. When rest, they perch on highest tip
of stem same as the Common Gliders.
- Reference:
- 1. The Australian Dragonflies - CSIRO, Watson, Theisinger & Abbey,1991,
p258.
- 2. A Field Guide to Dragonflies of South East Queensland - Ric
Nattrass, 2006, p108.
- 3. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia - CSIRO, Günther Theischinger and John Hawking, 2006,
p254.
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