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Painted Grasshawk (male) - frontal, Nimbokrang, Papua <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/155485/painted_grasshawk_male_nimbokrang_papua.html" title="Painted Grasshawk (male), Nimbokrang, Papua"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/155485_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1767225610&Signature=Ymd%2BIdXy%2BmgyrxgAxGgTAMGKXoY%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Painted Grasshawk (male), Nimbokrang, Papua https://www.jungledragon.com/image/155486/painted_grasshawk_male_-_frontal_nimbokrang_papua.html<br />
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    comments (14)

  1. wow, what a fascinating little creature! love the centeredness and symmetry. Posted 2 years ago
    1. Thanks, Eva! Posted 2 years ago
  2. Top shot that man Posted 2 years ago
    1. Thank you, sir. Posted 2 years ago
  3. What a gorgeous dragonfly Ferdy, well found . Posted 2 years ago
    1. Thanks, Mr Paul. Posted 2 years ago
  4. Nice focus! Posted 2 years ago
    1. Thanks! Posted 2 years ago
  5. Awesome! Posted 2 years ago
  6. Nice one, Ferdy! but did you see the Bosavi Woolly Rat - not sure it's yet got a scientific name??? Posted 2 years ago
    1. No, but I know the documentary you're talking about :) Posted 2 years ago
      1. It's a goody, presumably you've just returned from PNG? Posted 2 years ago
        1. About a month ago, but not PNG, it was Papua Indonesia. Travel report if you're interested:
          https://ferdychristant.com/papua-2023-travel-report-513ad3e784ef
          Posted 2 years ago
          1. Ah! Thanks Ferdy will enjoy the read. Posted 2 years ago

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"Neurothemis stigmatizans", known as the painted grasshawk, is an Australian species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. The genus "Neurothemis" is distributed from India to the western Pacific. This species is found in northern Australia in an arc from the southern Queensland border to Broome, Western Australia.

Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 25, 2023. Captured Oct 11, 2023 11:18 in C358+FQ Beneik, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO220
  • 500mm