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Broad scarlet

Crocothemis servilia

Habitat:

Notes:

Found in the western ghats

1 Species ID Suggestions

Dragonfly
Crocothemis erythraea Order Odonata


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4 Comments

Piali Bopanna
Piali Bopanna 12 years ago

@taka I think you are right..I made the changes.

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

The larvae of dragonflies are aquatic. We call them mudeyes. They molt as a larva several times, maybe five. The final molt produces an exuvia like this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/830... and the winged adult will not molt again.

raftccmailedu
raftccmailedu 12 years ago

Do they molt?

taka.ita
taka.ita 12 years ago

Crocothemis servilia makes more sense for India.

Piali Bopanna
Spotted by
Piali Bopanna

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jan 13, 2012
Submitted on Jan 13, 2012

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