Arrowhead Rockmaster

Diphlebia nymphoides · Order: Odonata · Family: Lestoideidae

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Arrowhead Rockmaster
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

It rests with its lightly tinted wings spread out and lives in streams and rivers of eastern Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males are brilliant blue with a black-and-blue striped tail; females have a more muted colour.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a large, solid-looking damselfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits streams and rivers in eastern Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is endemic to eastern Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Arrowhead Rockmaster photo 3
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Arrowhead Rockmaster photo 4
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Arrowhead Rockmaster photo 5
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Arrowhead Rockmaster photo 6
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Same family (Lestoideidae)

Sapphire RockmasterSapphire RockmasterDiphlebia coerulescensTropical RockmasterTropical RockmasterDiphlebia euphoeoidesWhitewater RockmasterWhitewater RockmasterDiphlebia lestoides

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphlebia_nymphoides

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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