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 Dragonfly
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 22-02-2009 04:56
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Pictured in Tanzania.
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-02-2009 07:45
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Libelullidae.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 22-02-2009 18:14
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thanks Xespok. Any idea of genus and species? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 23-02-2009 10:16
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Could be a female Urothemis edwardsii (libellulidae)... Philippe A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 04-03-2009 20:38
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
thanks philippe, sorry 4got to reply earlier 
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| RoyW |
Posted on 31-03-2009 19:17
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Hi, This is a female of the genus Orthetrum (or possibly the closely related Nesciothemis - I wouldn't like to suggest a species though because there are several similar Orthetrum species in Africa and I don't have any information on species in Tanzania. |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 01-04-2009 05:38
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thanks Roy. What makes you say that contrary to Philippe's suggestion? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| RoyW |
Posted on 01-04-2009 17:41
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The vein structure in the forewing rules out Urothemis which have only 6-8 antenodal cross veins (the dragonfly in your photo has 12) + both sexes of U. edwardsii should show a dark patch at the base of the hindwing. The position of the arculus - which is in line with the second antenodal vein - points to Orthetrum. Roy. |
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