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Blackfaced percher
Dragonfly Diplacodes melanopsis m Willi140118-2515.jpg
Male
Female Black-faced Percher (15822865640).jpg
Female
Conservation status
Scientific classification
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Diplacodes melanopsis is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae known commonly as the blackfaced percher or black-faced percher. It occurs on the Australian mainland from around Brisbane to the South Australian-Victorian border.

Diplacodes melanopsis is a small dragonfly. Mature males have a black face and front of its body, and a red abdomen with black markings; females are amber and yellow with black markings.

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  • Male Black-faced Percher (16440877034)

    Black face

  • Male Diplacodes melanopsis (31015151281) (2)

    Male face on

  • Male Diplacodes melanopsis flank (30322432343)

    Male

  • Female Black-faced Percher face (16009434642)

    Female

  • Diplacodes melanopsis female wings (34672002980)

    Female wings

  • Diplacodes melanopsis male wings (34672007080)

    Male wings

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