Southern Tigertail (Eusynthemis guttata)

A handsome, glossy black dragonfly with clean white trim and tints of very dark red high on the thorax.
Pterostigma black.
Resting on a Correa sp. in a local nature reserve.
About 70mm wingspan.

comments (7)

WildFlower

Lion

Why is it not identified? Posted 9 years ago
1. Mark Ridgway
  
  Lion
  
  Because sometimes we need sleep :) Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Tell me about it ;) Posted 9 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

Beautiful dragonfly! I'm dazzled. Great capture* Posted 9 years ago
1. Mark Ridgway
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks. Sometimes I wish they would land on plain backgrounds though. Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    ;) I understand! They like to hang on branches or leaves, also. But I really never saw any Synthemistidae and after you post this species I made some reading about this anisoptera family. Well, fascinating, in a word.
    in evolutionary terms, I just read, is an ancient family of dragonflies, and looking at their physiognomy is very easy to remember the morphology of Gomphidae, Macromiidae, Corduliidae... I've been studying Odonata for the last few years and i'm always seeing new and remarkable families, groups, countless species, and more important the direct habitat of which they depend. And that is quite something if we want to understand the implications of habitat loss, water quality, etc... Well, dragonflies ;) Thank you so much for your time ;) Hope to see a lot more dragonflies of the antipodes! My best, cheers* Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Mark Ridgway
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks again ..plenty more to come. I have resisted the temptation to dig into Odonata and their evolution so your inputs are be invaluable. Amazing creatures.. just pests to photograph when you want all those nice details. (although Phasmids are worse :) ) Posted 9 years ago