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COROMANDEL MARSH DART

CERIAGRION COROMANDELIANUM

Description:

Size: Male: Abdomen: 28-30mm, Hindwing: 18-20 mm. Female: Abdomen: 29-32 mm, Hindwing: 20mm Description: A medium sized pale green damselfly with bright yellow (male) or pale green tail (female). Male: Eyes: Olivaceous above,pale greenish yellow below. Thorax: Olive green above merging to yellow on sides. Underside is white. Legs: Yellow with black spines. Wings: Transparent. Wing spot:Golden yellow. Abdomen: Uniform yellow. Female: Thorax: Goldenbrown. Abdomen: Uniformly olivaceous with an ochreous or golden brown tint on the dorsal side.

Habitat:

Common along the banks of ponds, rivers and canals. Also found frequently far away from water bodies. Breeding: Shallow water bodies with profuse growth of grass and other aquatic plants. Flight season: Throughout the year. Distribution: Throughout the Oriental region.

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2 Comments

Henish
Henish 11 years ago

Sure i will ..... i have another same shot may be u like it also......

Cool shot! May I suggest that you add this spotting to the mission 'Wild Love' at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9068...

Henish
Spotted by
Henish

Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Jul 8, 2011
Submitted on Sep 3, 2012

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