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MargaretK PERTH, Australia Oct 30, 2009

Three images from different angles on this brightly coloured dragonfly photographed in Perth, Western Australia in May 2009.

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MargaretK PERTH, Australia Oct 30, 2009

It had a hexagonal pattern on its eyes.

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MargaretK PERTH, Australia Oct 30, 2009

Last one.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 30, 2009

This could be a male scarlet percher, Diplacodes haematodes (Odonata: Libellulidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/yg8l6lr

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Oct 30, 2009

Again I agree your lovely red dragonfly is indeed Diplacodes haematodes. We had no entry in BugFiles, so I have created one here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/5756/
to which I hope you will add your images,

Ken

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MargaretK PERTH, Australia Oct 30, 2009

Thanks, suunto and Ken. Ken I will add the photos to the BugFiles.

Can either of you say why there is that hexagonal pattern on its eyes? Is it "apparent" because of the structure of the eye, or is there really some hexagonal pattern there? (Hope that question makes some sense).

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 30, 2009

The hexagonal pattern simply is a reflection of sunlight from the facets of its compound eye that happened to be pointing directly at the camera lens; it is not a structure on or within the eye itself.

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MargaretK PERTH, Australia Oct 30, 2009

Thanks, suunto.

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