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Kōrero: Insects – overview

An Australian visitor

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An Australian visitor

The bright-red percher dragonfly (Diplacodes bipunctata) is an occasional visitor to New Zealand, flying the stretch of the Tasman Sea.

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by Larena Woodmore

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

George Gibbs, Insects – overview – Long-distance travellers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10060/an-australian-visitor (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā George Gibbs, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.