Insect and Spider Identification: SOLVED: Please ID this red dragonfly

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Author Content MargaretK PERTH Australia October 30, 2009 01:24 AM Post #7222887 Three images from different angles on this brightly coloured dragonfly photographed in Perth, Western Australia in May 2009. Click the image for an enlarged view. MargaretK PERTH Australia October 30, 2009 01:25 AM Post #7222889 It had a hexagonal pattern on its eyes. Click the image for an enlarged view. MargaretK PERTH Australia October 30, 2009 01:26 AM Post #7222892 Last one. Click the image for an enlarged view. suunto Sinks Grove, WV October 30, 2009 06:24 AM Post #7223090 This could be a male scarlet percher, Diplacodes haematodes (Odonata: Libellulidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/yg8l6lr kennedyh Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) October 30, 2009 03:44 PM Post #7224374 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 MargaretK PERTH Australia October 30, 2009 07:14 PM Post #7225028 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). suunto Sinks Grove, WV October 30, 2009 07:32 PM Post #7225111 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. MargaretK PERTH Australia October 30, 2009 07:35 PM Post #7225122 Thanks, suunto.

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