Rainforest Vicetail

Hemigomphus theischingeri · Order: Odonata · Family: Gomphidae

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Rainforest Vicetail
Photo: Graham Winterflood, CC BY-SA

The Rainforest Vicetail is a small dragonfly with black and yellow coloring. It lives in rainforest streams in northern Queensland, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It shows a pattern of black and yellow on its body.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a small dragonfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits rainforest streams.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is endemic to northern Queensland, Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Gomphidae)

Small PincertailSmall PincertailOnychogomphus forcipatusDragonhunterDragonhunterHagenius brevistylusBlack-shouldered SpinylegBlack-shouldered SpinylegDromogomphus spinosusCommon ClubtailCommon ClubtailGomphus vulgatissimusEastern RingtailEastern RingtailErpetogomphus designatusIndian Common ClubtailIndian Common ClubtailIctinogomphus rapax

Sources

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

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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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