Flame-headed Riverdamsel

Pseudagrion ignifer · Order: Odonata · Family: Coenagrionidae

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Flame-headed Riverdamsel
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

It lives in streams of eastern Australia, which is also its native range.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It has an orange face and pruinose (frosted) sides at the start of its tail.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized damselfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits streams.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in eastern Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Flame-headed Riverdamsel photo 3
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Same family (Coenagrionidae)

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Sources

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

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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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