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Green Skimmer

Green Skimmer (Orthetrum sabina) Very common insect of plains and submontane regions of the country. Usually encountered in weedy edges of tanks, irrigation channels, paddy fields and perennial and seasonal ponds where it breeds. Both male and female are similar in shape and color. The extraordinary swollen abdomen of this dragonfly is remarkable and a useful identification feature of it. . (biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com)

Captured at Baduluoya bank in Badulla Sri Lanka

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Uploaded on April 17, 2016
Taken on August 1, 2015