Orange-tailed Marsh Dart

Thanks for the link, Ashish. Downloaded, and I'm sure I'll make good use of it. I don't suppose you have a similar file or link for dragonflies, do you? I have my own unidentified spotting of a dragonfly (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8642208) that I'd love some help on. Max, you've got the identification. Now, in order for me to give you the extra credit points, you need to fill in information, making sure to provide links to your sources (there are boxes on the right side of the edit page to fill in these). Now that you have a species name, search Google and you'll find everything you need.

Alex I have link of Indian Damselflies. In Asia most of them are common.. so it was easy to find.. You can refer it.. http://www.ias.ac.in/initiat/sci_ed/lifescape/odonates-damselflies.pdf

Ah! Seems I was mistaken in my first thought about the species. I saw a picture of an African species that looked almost identical. But then looking at various species in this Genus, I see that there are a lot of near identical similarities between many of them. Nice one, Ashish! :)

This is Male Orange-tailed Marsh Dart

Agree with Alex.. This is not Dragonfly. This type known as Damselfly.

That's not a dragonfly, it's a damsel fly. Though both are members of the order Odonata, you can mainly tell them apart by their abdomens and the way they hold their wings. Dragonflies tend to have thicker abdomens, less like a stick, and they hold their wings out flat instead of upright. I think I've already found what appears to be the species (though I'm confused, because the habitats listed for a damsel fly I found that looks just like that are all in Africa), but if I tell you, then I won't be able to give you extra credit. Seriously, though, identifying the species and finding the proper info to fill in to get the extra credit really is just a Google or Wikipedia search away.

yeah, Welcome

good shot!

Very pretty! Welcome to Project Noah Max!