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Uracis fastigiata, La Isla Escondida, Colombia Looks to be the same dragonfly as this earlier observation, so hereby adding a side view:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69533/dragonfly_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Dragonfly, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/69533_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=DPkOtGlRvlg0OC8nCd3RYV1bVlI%3D" width="200" height="176" alt="Dragonfly, La Isla Escondida, Colombia The set I have shared so far of our 2018 Colombia trip was a 2 hour warm-up session on the outskirts of the city of Orito, you can find this subset here:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/tag/50893/orito.html<br /> <br /> On this day after, our real trip would start as we would enter the jungle and stay for 5 nights in La Isla Escondida, so I&#039;ll be grouping that location under this tag:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/tag/50999/la_isla_escondida.html<br /> <br /> It&#039;s going to be a big subset as close to 50% of photos in our total set come from this one awesome location.<br /> <br /> Back on topic: this first observation is obviously a dragonfly, an interesting pattern is that throughout this year&#039;s trip we did not see that many of them, and most that we saw looked pretty dull like this. A strange anomaly to the incredible diversity of other insect orders in Colombia.<br /> <br /> It looks like it may be a difficult one to identify, but will try on FB in some enthusiast groups. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Uracis fastigiata,World" /></a></figure><br /> I could be wrong though, species in this genus as hard to distinguish but in a previous discussion, the location restricts the candidates strongly. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Uracis fastigiata,World Click/tap to enlarge

Uracis fastigiata, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

Looks to be the same dragonfly as this earlier observation, so hereby adding a side view:

Dragonfly, La Isla Escondida, Colombia The set I have shared so far of our 2018 Colombia trip was a 2 hour warm-up session on the outskirts of the city of Orito, you can find this subset here:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/tag/50893/orito.html<br /> <br /> On this day after, our real trip would start as we would enter the jungle and stay for 5 nights in La Isla Escondida, so I'll be grouping that location under this tag:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/tag/50999/la_isla_escondida.html<br /> <br /> It's going to be a big subset as close to 50% of photos in our total set come from this one awesome location.<br /> <br /> Back on topic: this first observation is obviously a dragonfly, an interesting pattern is that throughout this year's trip we did not see that many of them, and most that we saw looked pretty dull like this. A strange anomaly to the incredible diversity of other insect orders in Colombia.<br /> <br /> It looks like it may be a difficult one to identify, but will try on FB in some enthusiast groups. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Uracis fastigiata,World

I could be wrong though, species in this genus as hard to distinguish but in a previous discussion, the location restricts the candidates strongly.

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The Uracis fastigiata

Uracis fastigiata is a dragonfly in the Uracis genus.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Nov 22, 2018. Captured Oct 17, 2018 08:27.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm