Potomarcha congener male
Onychothemis testacea
Acisoma panorpoides
Brachythemis contaminata
distracted me while I was trying to take pictures of orchids
male dragonfly gripping the female while mating
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Potomarcha congener male |
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Onychothemis testacea |
Onychothemis testacea male | Onychothemis culminicola male | |
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| Lathrecista asiatica male | Lathrecista a. asiatica | ||
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| Acisoma panorpoides female widespread and common all year |
Acisoma panorpoides |
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| Crocothemis servilia | Crocothemis servilia female | Crocothemis servilia male very common esp in lowlands all year | Rhodothemis rufa or possibly Crocothemis servilia |
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Brachythemis contaminata |
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| Aethriamanta brevipennis male widely distributed but not common Apr-Nov | Aethriamanta brevipennis | ||
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| Palpopleura sexmaculata local species on uplands May-Feb | |||
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| this month these dragonflies come off the rice fields in their millions | Libellulidae sp | Libellulidae sp | Libellulidae sp. female |
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distracted me while I was trying to take pictures of orchids |
male dragonfly gripping the female while mating |
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Thanks to Matti Hamalainen, Andy Pierce, Michael and Nancy van der Poorten for help with the id's