Coromandel Marsh Dart / Yellow waxtail (Ceriagrion coromandelianum Fabricius 1798) നാട്ടുചതുപ്പൻ

Common name: Coromandel Marsh Dart / Yellow wax tail

Malayalam name: നാട്ടുചതുപ്പൻ 

Scientific name: Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius 1798)
Family: Coenagrionidae

Place of observation: Thumboormuzhy, Thumboor, Thommana and Valapad - Kerala 

Date of observation: Various

Male                                  

Abdomen: 28-30 mm   

Hind wing: 18-20 mm

Female  

Abdomen: 29-32 mm 

Hind wing: 20 mm

Female

Male

Mating

Emergence of Female

Emergence of Female

 Emergence of Female

 Teneral Female

Teneral Female

Adult Female

 Emergence of male

 Emergence of male

 Emergence of male

Teneral male

 Juvenile male

 Adult Male Preying on a Mosquito

 Male

 Male

 Female with Prey

 Female with prey

Male

Male

Male