Western brown tigertail facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Western brown tigertail
Male
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Synthemistidae
Genus:	Archaeosynthemis
Species:	A. occidentalis
Binomial name
Archaeosynthemis occidentalis Tillyard, 1910
Script error: The function "autoWithCaption" does not exist.
Synonyms
Synthemis macrostigma occidentalis Tillyard, 1910

Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

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

• 

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

• 

  These are the wings of a male western brown tigertail.