Western brown tigertail facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Western brown tigertail
Male
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Synthemis macrostigma occidentalis Tillyard, 1910

The Archaeosynthemis occidentalis is a type of dragonfly often called the western brown tigertail. It's a medium-sized insect with cool reddish-brown and yellow patterns on its body.

This special dragonfly lives only in south-western Australia. When we say it's "endemic" to a place, it means you won't find it naturally anywhere else in the world! It loves to hang out in wet places like boggy creeks and swamps.

The western brown tigertail looks a lot like another dragonfly, the Archaeosynthemis orientalis, which lives on the eastern side of Australia.

Images for kids

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  Look closely at the wings of a female western brown tigertail.

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  These are the wings of a male western brown tigertail.