A new dragonfly photo today when a Scarlet Percher landed on the stone edging of the pool, something that this species is known often prefer rather than on leaves and twigs.
The Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes is a dragonfly which occurs throughout Australia (except Tasmania), Timor, New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It is locally common in hot sunny exposed sites near rivers, streams, ponds and lakes. The male has red eyes, face, thorax and abdomen and orange suffusions on the wing bases. There are no markings on the abdomen. The female has yellowish colouring with black markings.
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