Family LESTIDAE - Reedings
The damselfly in this family has narrow wings and slender body, rests with wings closed. We found only one species of this family in Brisbane.
Common Ringtail, Wandering Ringtail - Austrolestes leda
This page contains information and pictures about Common Ringtail Damselflies
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Young male, body length 40mm
- Male Common Ringtail is blue in colour. The young male in the above picture is still in pale female colour. When it become older and ready for mating, it will turn into mature male blue colour.
- Close to this young male, their were a large group of midgets flying around. The damselfly flied to the midgets and flied back to the resting point many times when we taking those pictures. One in a few trips, the damselfly caught a small midget.
- Female
- We took the female pictures in early summer on the hill top of White Hill in Brisbane where was quite far away from any water. The female damselfly was camouflaged as part of the tip of the stem.
- Mature male
- The mature male Common Ringtail look similar to the female except the body colour is blue instead of pale brown. The mature males usually found near the water waiting for the females.
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