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Ditch Jewel (male)

Brachythemis contaminata

Photo by tbrett
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13.0804, 80.2818

Field Notes

Description:

Burnt orange red and dramatic sitting for short stints on ground cover scanning for its next victim.

Habitat:

Swampy marshes

Notes:

Great resource for dragonflies of india
http://www.ias.ac.in/initiat/sci_ed/lifescape/odonates-dragonflies.pdf
for this specimen see page 16 in pdf.

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Beautiful shot of a beautiful dragonfly!
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013

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