Black-faced Percher

Diplacodes melanopsis · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

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Black-faced Percher
Photo: AusDigi, CC BY-SA

The Black-faced Percher is a small dragonfly found on mainland Australia from near Brisbane down to the South Australian-Victorian border. Mature males have a black face and thorax with a red abdomen marked in black, while females are amber-yellow with black markings.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males show a black face and front of the body with a red abdomen that has black spots; females are amber-yellow with black markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a small dragonfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is the Australian mainland between Brisbane and the South Australian-Victorian border.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Black-faced Percher photo 3
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Percher photo 4
Photo: John Tann from Mullumbimby, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Percher photo 5
Photo: John Tann from Mullumbimby, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Percher photo 6
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Questions people ask

How can I tell a Black-faced Percher apart from other dragonflies?

Males have a black face and thorax with a red abdomen marked in black, while females are amber-yellow with black markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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