Common Picture Wing (Rhyothemis variegata) ഓണത്തുമ്പി, ശലഭത്തുമ്പി. Linnaeus, 1763

Common name: Common Picture Wing

Malayalam name: ഓണത്തുമ്പി, ശലഭത്തുമ്പി

Scientific name: Rhyothemis variegata  Linnaeus, 1763
Family: Libellulidae
Place of observation: Thommana, Thumboor - Kerala 

Date of observation: Various

Male                                  

Abdomen  : 23-25mm   

Hind wing : 33-36mm

Female  

Abdomen  : 20-22mm 

Hind wing : 28-37mm 

Female

Male

Male

Group in flight

Group in flight

Mating

Male

Male dorsal view

Female Dorsal View

Face of male

Face of female

Female

Long legged marsh glider (Trithemis pallidinervis) കാറ്റാടി തുമ്പി. Kirby, 1889

Family : Libellulidae

Scientific name : Trithemis pallidinervis  Kirby, 1889

Common name : Long legged marsh glider

Malayalam name : കാറ്റാടി തുമ്പി.

Place of observation : Thommana, Kerala 

Date of observation  : Various 

Male                                  

Abdomen  : 28-32mm   

Hind wing : 30-36mm

Female  

Abdomen  : 26-28mm 

Hind wing : 30-32mm

Female

Male

Mating

Male

Female in flight

Female

Female

Mating

Colour differences on face

Pygmy Skimmer (Tetrathemis platyptera) കുള്ളന്‍ തുമ്പി, കിണർ തുമ്പി Selys, 1878

Common name: Pygmy Skimmer / Pygmy Elf
Scientific name: Tetrathemis platyptera  Selys, 1878
Malayalam name: കുള്ളന്‍ തുമ്പി, കിണർ തുമ്പി 
Family: Libellulidae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala 
Date of observation: Various


Male                                  
Abdomen: 15-18mm   
Hind wing: 18-21mm

Female  
Abdomen: 14-16mm 
Hind wing: 19-24mm

Female

Male

Mating

Eggs

Male

Newly emerged female

Female dorsal view

Male

Pygmy Dartlet (Agriocnemis pygmaea Rambur, 1842) നാട്ടുപുല്‍ച്ചിന്നന്‍

Common name: Pygmy Dartlet, Pygmy wisp

Malayalam name: നാട്ടുപുല്‍ച്ചിന്നന്‍
Scientific name: Agriocnemis pygmaea  Rambur, 1842
Family: Coenagrionidae

Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala 

Date of observation: Various

Male                                  
Abdomen: 16-17mm   
Hind wing: 09-10mm

Female  
Abdomen: 18mm 
Hind wing: 11-12mm

Female

Male 

Male 

Subadult Female

Male & Female

Mating

Male

Emergence

Mating

Emergence

Male

Male

Male

Common Clubtail (Ictinogomphus rapax Rambur, 1842) നാട്ടുകടുവ

Common name: Common Clubtail
Scientific name: Ictinogomphus rapax Rambur, 1842
Family: Gomphidae
Malayalam name: നാട്ടുകടുവ
Place of observation: Thumboormuzhy, Thumboor, Thommana - Kerala 
Date of observation: Various

Female

Male

Male in flight

Male 

Female preying on a Urothemis signata male 

Female

Female

Female

Exuviae