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Swamp Tigertail | Synthemis eustalacta |
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Male Swamp Tigertail
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Date & Time: 5 February 2006 17:00
Place: Mt Buffalo
Teneral Female Synthemis eustalacta
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Date & Time: 6 February 2006 9:00
Place: Mt Buffalo
Female Swamp Tigertail
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Date & Time: 22 March 2007 10:55
Place: Yarra River, McMahons Creek
Thorax of Synthemis eustalacta
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Date & Time: 3 February 2007 13:35
Place: Yarra River, Warburton
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Swamp Tigertail dragonflies can be found on the mountains and foothills of NSW and Victoria
from spring to autumn, but mainlt during summer.
It prefers slow water, such as bogs and marshes, with surrounding vegetation.
Eyes are mostly green, the thorax is brown and black with yellow stripes and there are paired spots along the tail.
In the male the abdomen is particularly slender and has a large pair of yellow spots near the end.
Its similar to Parasynthemis regina in that both species have a larger yellow section near the end of the tail.
Although Synthemis eustalacta is very similar to Synthemis tasmanica,
these species are geographically islotaed from each other (the latter only appears in Tasmania).
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Male Swamp Tigertail
Teneral Female Synthemis eustalacta
Female Swamp Tigertail
Thorax of Synthemis eustalacta