John Tann
Female Red Arrow
Female Red Arrow, Rhodothemis lieftincki. Turners Flat, NSW, Australia, December 2014.
Her wings shows features characteristic of this species. I used Theischinger and Hawking, The complete guide to dragonflies of Australia.
Her forewings have more than 9 antenodal crossveins - those short veins coming off the leading edge between the body and the nodus; I count 12 crossveins on the left and 11 on the right. The triangle has a vein across it. The discoidal field - that area beyond the triangle - starts with 3 rows of cells, followed by 2 rows.
Her hindwings have the base of the triangle close to the arculus, and the anal loop is obvious.
Female Red Arrow
Female Red Arrow, Rhodothemis lieftincki. Turners Flat, NSW, Australia, December 2014.
Her wings shows features characteristic of this species. I used Theischinger and Hawking, The complete guide to dragonflies of Australia.
Her forewings have more than 9 antenodal crossveins - those short veins coming off the leading edge between the body and the nodus; I count 12 crossveins on the left and 11 on the right. The triangle has a vein across it. The discoidal field - that area beyond the triangle - starts with 3 rows of cells, followed by 2 rows.
Her hindwings have the base of the triangle close to the arculus, and the anal loop is obvious.