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Crimson Marsh Glider Dragonfly (male)

Trithemis aurora

Description:

Pink body, red head. Dragonfly.

Habitat:

Campus of the resort we stayed at in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Notes:

Too pretty to remain nameless. Help with ID, please. It remained nameless for just ONE minute on PN. All thanks to Brian.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Brian38
Brian38 4 years ago
Crimson marsh glider
Trithemis aurora Crimson marsh glider - Wikipedia


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3 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 4 years ago

And the other one is the female:
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16...
...interesting pattern but no where near as colourful as this one. Truly, really vivid colours...did not think pink and red match well...but evidently they do!

Brian38
Brian38 4 years ago

Your welcome Sukanya. Amazing colors!

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 4 years ago

Thanks, Brian.

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

Mandav, Madhya Pradesh, India

Spotted on Aug 12, 2019
Submitted on Sep 8, 2019

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