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Brown-backed Red Marsh Hawk Dragonfly

Orthetrum chrysis

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Rusty brown thorax and red abdomen (My guide book says this is a male). Head is red and the wings are clear.

Habitat:

Its been raining and there are many dragonflies in the air...there were two on a potted rose plant in my office garden. The stance was odd...it wasn't perched on the stem as much as it like a fruit hanging from the stem.

Notes:

The second photo is of another dragonfly...there were so many of them...

Reference Links:

File:Brown-backed Red Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum chrysis (6747957669).jpg - Wikimedi…

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of India
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Biodiversity of West Bengal, India

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2015

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