Dragonfly, Nikon

Dragonfly Series 3 – Pond Adjutant vs Blue Dasher (21.09.03 Fri)

2021 Sep 3 Fri, Singapore Botanic Gardens.
2020 Dec 5 Sat Kranji Marshes.
Camera: Nikon D7500 and Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR.

Aethriamanta gracilis – Pond adjutant

Pond adjutant is a small and common dragonfly with a powdery blue body and the base of the hind wing is tinted brown. It looks quite similar to the blue dasher and can often be mixed up. Pond adjutant is smaller and brighter blue than the blue dasher and lacking the brown side to the thorax.

Image 8181 - Pond adjutant (male) @ Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Image 8181 – Pond adjutant (male) @ Singapore Botanic Gardens
Image 8184 - Pond adjutant ( (male) @ Singapore Botanic Gardens
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Image 8185 - Pond adjutant ( (male) @ Singapore Botanic Gardens
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Image 8192 - Pond adjutant ( (male) @ Singapore Botanic Gardens.
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Image 8203 - Pond adjutant (male) @ Singapore Botanic Gardens.
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Y2021 Pond Adjutant Dragonfly@The Singapore Botanic Gardens

Brachydiplax chalybea – Blue Dasher

The blue dasher is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. This dragonfly is distinctive, with males sporting a bluish body coupled with a yellowish tint at the base of its wings. It has a broad dark tip at the end of its abdomen. Females have clear wings and a yellow abdomen with a black streak.

Image 0511 - Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes
Image 0511 – Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes
Image 0531 - Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes
Image 0531 – Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes
Image 0525 - Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes.
Image 0525 – Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes
Image 0533 - Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes.
Image 0533 – Blue Dasher @ Kranji Marshes
Y2021 Blue Dasher Dragonfly@Kranji Marshes