Coeliccia loogali

Scientific name: Coeliccia loogali Fraser in Laidlaw, 1932

Family: Platycnemididae

Thai name: แมลงปอเข็มท้องยาวลูกัล, แมลงปอเข็มท้องยาวผู้ฟ้าเมียเหลือง

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mature male

In rainy season, Coeliccia loogali is easily spotted everywhere around waterfall in this time of the year.

young male

Young male is black triped with yellow stripes in pterothorax and the tip of abdomen is also yellow like C. poungyi. As it ages, the yellow strip on synthorax turns to blue and the tip of abdomen turns to black.

female

Young female is similar to the young male. Yellow tip of the abdomen turns to connected two white dots as it matures.

Coeliccia loogali is a montane species found in north and northeast Thailand. You can see this damselfly in April to December.