the blue darner

Darners are often found around ponds, lakes and marshes. The blue darners are conspicuous with their pale green face and sapphire blue eyes. Its exquisite features and elegant nature might have given it the name, “magnificent emperor”. Males have bluish thorax while in females it is yellow with an olive green tint. The one below must be a female blue darner.

blue darner, anax immaculifrons

Species: anax immaculifrons Family: aeshnidae
Common Names: Blue Darner, Magnificent Emperor
Location: @ home, Kottayam, Kerala

anax immaculifrons, blue darner

Reference:
Subramanian K. A., 2009: Dragonflies of India-A Field Guide, Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi.

8 Responses

  1. This is not Anax immaculifrons here ! It is a Libellulidae, but I don’t know him.

  2. Kiran says:

    Your dragonfly pictures are realy superb. This one is a male Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878. (Pigmy Skimmer)

    cheers…….

  3. Magdalena says:

    Sencillamente hermoso, creativo, deleita la mirada y enriquece el espíritu GRACIAS

  4. Jiggyasa says:

    I usually hate insects, almost Entomophobic 😀 😀 Your pictures have made me fall in love with them 🙂 very good click!

  5. Saw your post after such a long time. Hope that you all are well. Pratya must be a big boy!

    BTW, lovely images as usual! 🙂

    • rocksea says:

      Ciao Sunil,

      Grazie per message. Yes we are keeping good. We are at Kerala at the moment, for a wedding and a conference. Pratya has grown up and goes to playschool.

      Regards to Nadia!

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