Asian Blood Tail

Lathrecista asiatica · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

Also called: Asiatic Blood Tail, Scarlet Grenadier

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Asian Blood Tail
Photo: Graham Winterflood, CC BY-SA

The Asian Blood Tail is a medium-sized dragonfly with a copper-brown thorax marked by narrow yellow stripes and a bright crimson-red abdomen that ends in black segments. It breeds in marshes near ponds and streams and is found widely from India to Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Abdominal segments 1 and 2 have broad side stripes and a fine mid-dorsal line. Segments 9 and 10 are black, and the anal appendages are also black.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized dragonfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathrecista_asiatica

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