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Tropical needle
Tropical Needle 3888-2.jpg
Male at Davies Creek, north Queensland
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Synlestes tropicus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae, commonly known as a tropical needle. It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforests.

Synlestes tropicus is a large to very large damselfly, coloured a metallic green-black with pale markings. It perches with its wings partially or fully outspread.

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  • Tropical Needle 3874-2

    Male, Davies Creek NP, Qld

  • Tropical Needle (female) 3938

    Female, Davies Creek NP, Qld

  • Tropical Needle (female) 3944-2

    Female, view from below

  • Synlestes tropicus female wings (34600854002)

    Female wings

  • Synlestes tropicus male wings (34723056606)

    Male wings

  • The Australian zoologist (1954) (20342287222)

    Nymph of Synlestes tropicus

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