Fat-bellied Emerald

Hemicordulia continentalis · Order: Odonata · Family: Corduliidae

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Fat-bellied Emerald
Photo: John Tann from Mullumbimby, Australia, CC BY 2.0

The fat-bellied emerald is a small-to-medium dragonfly with black and yellow markings and long legs. Males have a swollen abdomen that looks like a club, and both sexes have a rounded inner edge on the hindwing.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males show a swollen abdomen that appears club-shaped, and the inner edge of the hindwing is rounded in both sexes.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a small to medium-sized dragonfly with black and yellow coloration and long legs.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits pools, lakes, ponds and swamps along the coast of Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is coastal Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Fat-bellied Emerald photo 3
Photo: John Tann from Mullumbimby, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Same family (Corduliidae)

Prince BaskettailPrince BaskettailEpitheca princepsDowny EmeraldDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaCommon BaskettailCommon BaskettailEpitheca cynosuraTau EmeraldTau EmeraldHemicordulia tauAmerican EmeraldAmerican EmeraldCordulia shurtleffiiAustralian Emerald DragonflyAustralian Emerald DragonflyHemicordulia australiae

Sources

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

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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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