[3] It resides near the south-western coast of Australia, often observed near drainage basins.

They can burrow deeper into mud during dry summers to keep their skin moist.

[3] Even as larvae this species is a nocturnal predator, feeding off of other species larvae and small insects such as cockroaches and spiders residing near their burrows along lotic fresh water on lowland, or sometimes in rainforests located on upland.

[5] Adult dragonflies from the genus Petalura are commonly known as 'petaltails' because of the male's anal appendages, which can vary in colour.

Adults mate on vegetation, then the females lay their egg larvae in old plant matter.