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I truly defer to your experience Ashish. My nursery experience here in the US led me to call the papery leaved plants caladiums while calling the rubbery leaved plants Elephant ears, making the elephant ear the hardier of the two. All in all, they go by the same scientific name, right?
are the leaves papery or rubbery?
the system would not take the link: photomazza.com/?caladium-bicolor
Not native to the US origins in tropics, usually planted from purchased bulbs.
Maybe a Black Tipped Darner, not sure.
Sure it is genus Aeshna
look at Aeshna tuberculifera (bugguide.net)
lol, should be able to count this one twice! two separate insects!
I believe the insect it is eating is a damselfly