Common Name
Scientific Name (Family)
1
| Yellow-striped Hunter |  |
(Gomphidae)
| Multi-spotted Darner |
 |
(Aeshnidae)
Riddells Creek - Damselflies and Dragonflies
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Dragonflies
Common Name |
Scientific Name (Family) |
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1 |
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Austrogomphus guerini (Gomphidae) |
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Austroaeschna multipunctata (Aeshnidae) |
Dragonflies and Damselflies are insects that make up the Order Odonata. What is the difference
between a Dragonfly & Damselfly? In simplistic terms, Dragonflies rest with their wings spread out,
whereas Damselflies rest with their wings close to the body. There are more differences though.
Dragonfly is often used as the general term used for both. In reality, in the Order Odonata
Dragonflies are placed in the Suborder Anisoptera (195 species in Australia), whereas Damselflies
are placed in the Suborder Zygoptera (107 species in Australia).
More information about Victorian Dragonflies.
Good book about Dragonflies:
"The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia" by Günther Theischinger & John Hawking
A good general book
about insects is:
"A Field Guide to Insects in Australia" by Paul Zborowski & Ross Storey.
More about Insects & other Invertebrate classes.
We'd like to acknowledge Wendy Moore for her help in identification on this page.
If you've seen a Dragonfly or Damselfly in Riddells Creek that isn't on
this list
please let us know ...
we'd love to add it to our list.
All photos are taken in Riddells Creek. If you have photos taken in Riddells Creek
and would like to submit them, send them to Russell & Gill Best.
All photos ©Riddells Creek Landcare or Photographer.