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Yellow Tailed Ashy Skimmer

Potamarcha congener (female)

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nivedc
nivedc 11 years ago
Yellow-tailed ashy skimmer (female)
Potamarcha congener (female) Yellow-tailed ashy skimmer (female)


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Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

nived,thanks so much for your valuable feedback. You are a great teacher!!

nivedc
nivedc 11 years ago

Hi. Hemma. Let me start by saying that it's a very unclear picture, probably because of less light (sunset?), and considering the brown of the branch is appearing as gray (white balance problem), I think this is a Potamarcha congener (female). The faintly seen colored streaks on the thorax and the ovipositor flaps hint this being a female of this species.

Here (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127...) is a clearer picture of a similar specimen. Cheers!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

granite ghost?

HemaShah
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HemaShah

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Feb 5, 2013
Submitted on Feb 5, 2013

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