Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Potamarcha congener

Scientific name: Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)
Family: Libellulidae
Thai name: แมลงปอบ้านทุ่งขนเทา. แมลงปอบ้านพ่อตา

One of my favorite dragonfly is Potamarcha congener. I love its color esp. the old one: blue and yellow. Like other species, the young male is similar to the female. Both sexes becomes pruinosed when they age. It's a common species found in open area esp. low land. You can find this species all the year, but most abundant at the end of the rainy season.
young male

old male

young female

old female

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