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Golden Dartlet Damsel Fly(Male)

Ischnura aurora

Description:

A small apple green damselfly with black thoracic stripes and blue tipped yellow tail.

Habitat:

Found among vegetation along the banks of ponds, rivers, canals and estuaries; found away from water-bodies also. These are found in Asian and Australian regions. Also found in remote oceanic islands probably carried by air currents.

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4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I agree, this is probably not Ischnura aurora, since this one should have a full golden body, your's body is partly aellow and black.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

But Sumukha it is for me Senegal Golden Dartlet (Ischnura senegalensis)

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Thanks for the link Ashish.. I think it is a Golden Dartlet(Male).. Pls confirm once by seeing the wiki link i have provided..:-)

Sumukha Javagal
Spotted by
Sumukha Javagal

Shimoga, Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jul 10, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

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