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Ditch Jewel

Brachythemis contaminata

Photo by Deny
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Field Notes

Description:

Morphology of this is looking shortly and fat than another species of dragonflies. As part of head are ; pair of yellow brown to the color of eyes compound , cadmium yellow to the fronz, clypeus , and its labrum . Side of thorax to the similar of not more different from the colour of head . Wings venation marking is ¾ for the colour of red as Its baseline colour covered from the similar colour too by the head , and its thorax . Continued of the abdomen - tailed as the last part of the morphology ; the segment's base colour for yellow but covering to the red aslike colour for the wings . Stripe of black to the upper side of this . Pair of cerci to the top appendage of tail for differently character to the male .

Habitat:

Nature fishpond as more looking for the swamp .

Notes:

Flyng active for surround the fishpound . Sometimes looking interest to fly together and perch for the kindly plant with another species of Libellulidae .

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