Asian / Grizzled Pintail, Sri Lanka

Due to its abundance of wetlands and tropical climate, Sri Lanka really is dragonfly paradise. Here's an Asian Pintail, with its unusually shaped abdomen.

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travismorhardt

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I have never seen such an intricately patterned dragonfly such as this. A very neat find, Ferdy! Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Thanks. I had been enjoying my little macro morning in Sri Lanka greatly, wish I had more opportunity throughout the trip. It's quite addictive, like a candy store for a macro photographer. I did 4 trips in a single morning, all to the same bushes, but the heat was killing me so I had to take breaks :) Posted 10 years ago

The Grizzled pintail

"Acisoma panorpoides" is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, possibly Kenya, and possibly Tanzania.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded Jan 24, 2015. Captured Nov 9, 2014 09:59.

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