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Yellow banded Dragonfly

Anotogaster sieboldii

Photo by Jinki Afrika
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Spotted this during one of my trips to the swamp. Help with the ID will be much appreciated. Thanks :)

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow banded Dragonfly

Anotogaster sieboldii

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RebeccaSatterlee
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Red-Veined Darter Dragonfly

Sympetrum fonscolombii

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alin
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Comments (3)
Jinki Afrika
Hi, Rebecca and Alin. Thanks for your inputs. I added more photos to help clarify the ID.
RebeccaSatterlee
Another poster found a very similar dragonfly - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7052829 Beautiful shots and incredible double capture
alin
Could be an immature male Red-Veined Darter.

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