Image of Kapokapowai
Description:
Saw this beaut Giant Dragonfly at Otari Wilton's Bush on the lower track down by the stream heading towards the Cemetery. Wingspan would have been about 160mm across. Loved the transparency of the wings against the old Ponga fronds which symbolise our Native bush so nicely.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
- Anisoptera (dragonflies)
- Petaluroidea
- Petaluridae (petaltails)
- Uropetala (Giant bush dragonflies)
- Uropetala carovei (Kapokapowai)
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- Glenn Burrell
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