This male dragonfly allowed me to get fairly close to it and while I was photographing, it darted down and returned with a fly in its mouth. It then proceeded to eat the fly and totally ignore me. I never expected that they could be so fast and manouver with such large wings in an area where there were reeds and other plants. There are 5 species of Diplacodes in Australia.Photos out of the archives. November 2007 was a wonderful year for insects.
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Summary[edit] Description: Male Diplacodes bipunctata side on. Como NSW Australia, February 2011. Date: 27 February 2011, 17:12. Source: Wandering percher. Author: John Tann from Sydney, Australia. Camera location33° 59′ 57.38″ S, 151° 03′ 39.84″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-33.999272; 151.061067.
Summary[edit] Description: Wings of a female Wandering Percher, Diplacodes bipunctata, a dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Australian Museum specimen K299465. Dorsal view of the right forewing, above, and the right hindwing, below. Date: 1 August 2014, 17:15. Source: Diplacodes bipunctata female wings. Author: John Tann from Mullumbimby, Australia. Camera location31° 09′ 57.6″ S, 152° 18′ 57.6″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-31.166000; 152.316000.