Blue Ringtail

Austrolestes annulosus · Order: Odonata · Family: Lestidae

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Blue Ringtail
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The blue ringtail is a thin, medium-sized damselfly that is usually bright blue with few black marks. Females are a bit sturdier and show black and white or pale-blue colours. Its abdomen measures about 3 cm long.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Adults are generally striking blue with minimal black markings; females are slightly more robust and display black and white or pale-blue tones.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

The abdomen is roughly 3 cm in length.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives near still water such as river pools, lakes, ponds and temporary pools.

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

Adults are active from September through April.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The species occurs across most of Australia, except the far north and north-east.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Lestidae)

Western Willow SpreadwingWestern Willow SpreadwingChalcolestes viridisSlender SpreadwingSlender SpreadwingLestes rectangularisCommon Winter DamselflyCommon Winter DamselflySympecma fuscaCommon SpreadwingCommon SpreadwingLestes sponsaGreat SpreadwingGreat SpreadwingArchilestes grandisSpotted SpreadwingSpotted SpreadwingLestes congener

Sources

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

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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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