Sultan
by Maryse Jansen
Title
Sultan
Artist
Maryse Jansen
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Photograph - Photograph
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Sultan
The Sultan is a large dragonfly in the family of Libellulidae. The insect perches briefly to warm up so it can fly and hunt again. It is quite well camouflaged against the red dirt. The male Sultan has beautiful red-brown wings. It is also known as Giant Knight. It lives in the tropics and sightings are rare.
Taken in north Queensland.
animals, insects, dragonfly, skimmer, Sultan, Giant Knight, Camacinia gigantea, Queensland, Australia, wings, red, beautiful, nature, Libellulidae, red dirt
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November 27th, 2022
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Maryse Jansen
Congratulations! Your image is now featured on the home page of The Best Of Down Under – Australia! Please add your image to the Featured Images Archive 2022 discussion thread for prolonged exposure. LF
Michaela Perryman
Congratulations, featured in Australia in Pictures 2nd December 2022 Please see the displayed discussion page for this week's features