Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orange Dragonfly

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 23-05-2009 05:02
#1

App 8cm long. Pictured in Tanzania.
Any idea?
micro2macro.net/tempuploads/orangedragon.jpg

Edited by Muhammad Mahdi on 24-05-2009 18:30

Posted by RoyW on 23-05-2009 17:57
#2

Hi Muhammad,

Almost everything about the dragonfly in your photo suggests to me that it is a Wandering Glider, Pantala flavescens.
The problem is the apparent posture of the dragonfly - P. flavescens always hangs vertically when it perches, and does not sit horizontally as shown here. Is it possible that the photo is the wrong way up? (The positioning of the legs would seem to suggest that this is the case).

Roy.

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 23-05-2009 22:04
#3

I think it is the wrong way up. ;)
Sorry for misrepresenting and thanks again for the help. :)