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Orthetrum sabina
I really admire the monkey look on its face. It firmly held onto a garden balsam plant.
A common dragonfly of fields and gardens.
Another common name is the ‘Slender skimmer’. Face is yellowish green. Eyes: Green mottled with black. Thorax: Greenish yellow with black tiger like stripes. Legs: Black, inner side of anterior femora is yellow. Wings: Transparent, inner edge of hindwing tinted with yellow. Wing spot: Black with reddish brown spot. Abdomen: The segments 1-3 are green with broad black rings and distinctly swollen at the base.
Spotted on Oct 5, 2014
Submitted on Oct 6, 2014
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