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Blue, red and black dragonfly

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Description:

The body is blue in the top half, black and hairy in the bottom half. The tail is blue in the first half, second half is red. Wings are light, translucent blue.

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Comments (2)
Sergio Monteiro
@UmapornSarasat: It is a first for me too. It is quite agressive, messing with all other dragonflies and dansellflies in the pond. Hard to photograph, because it never stood still for more then a second or two.
UmapornSarasat
Light blue and red at the same body..nice one never seen before

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PublishedDecember 1, 2011

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