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Scarlet Grenadier (male)

Lathrecista asiatica

Photo by takmeng.wong
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Field Notes

Description:

Dragonfly with a metallic blue head and thorax, a slender red abdomen with blue stripes, and blackish tip of the tail; faint black veins on wings.

Habitat:

Forest.

Notes:

Spotted at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, off Dairy Farm Road, Singapore.

More information at http://www.greenunity.net/odonata/species_details.asp?genusX=Lathrecist….

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
takmeng.wong
I found these two blogs/sites that have proved to be quite useful for Singapore and Malaysia odonata: http://odonata-malaysia.blogspot.com/2009/02/libellulidae-lathrecista-asiatica.html http://www.greenunity.net/odonata/intro.asp
wonju.brian
I just cast a wide net search, like, "odonata of Malaysia" in google, and search from there. When there are no pictures, I check the latin names in an image search. I also just get lucky a lot of the time.
takmeng.wong
Thank you wonju.brian! I think you are spot on! How do you ID dragonflies? From a photo checklist?
Ashish
Very close to http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6554093 Eastern pygmyfly (Nannophya dalei))

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