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Slender Skimmer

Orthetrum sabina sabina ; ( Family: Libellulidae)

Habitat:

freshwater habitats such as ponds, streams, and even tree holes

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4 Comments

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

ok
thanks for info!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Yes Uday... this common dragonfly in most of countries and had different ID in different areas.

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

is it also known as green marsh hawk ?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Sushil... Its just Orthetrum sabina
Orthetrum sabina sabina is parted as separate specie in cold East Asia due to small size than Orthetrum sabina find in temperate countries inAsia.
Refere Indian specie....
http://www.ias.ac.in/initiat/sci_ed/life...

SushilBarai
Spotted by
SushilBarai

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Oct 16, 2011
Submitted on Oct 16, 2011

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