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Metallic Ringtail (♀)

Austrolestes cingulatus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Delicate, attractive small damselfly which looks like bronzed bamboo.

Habitat:

Suburban back yard in mixed long grasses.

Notes:

Female - the male seems to have mostly blues where this one has greens.

http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3422.htm

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Metallic Ringtail, Austrolestes cingulatus

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