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| Keywords: Rhodothemis rufa female by kadavoor.jpg Rhodothemis rufa female Rhodothemis rufa Rufous Marsh Glider is a large red dragonfly with transparent wings Both Rhodothemis rufa and Crocothemis servilia have red eyes but R rufa lacks the black strip on the dorsal of abdomen Further they prefer to perch on leaves with wings wide open hanging vertically; rarely perch straight on a bare twig Although it is difficult to distinguish the males from other red dragonflies the females can be easily distinguishable by their mid-dorsal yellow stripe This yellowish streak runs from occipital triangle through pro-thorax down to abdomen segment 6 They have a unique yellow strip on the upper frons too Taken at Kadavoor Kerala India 2010-11-14 13 31 01 own User Jkadavoor/author User Jkadavoor/cc0 2010 Libellulidae Kadavoor <gallery> File Rufous Marsh Glider Rhodothemis rufa Male jpg Male File Rhodothemis rufa juvenile male at Kadavoor jpg Juvenile male File Rhodothemis rufa juvenile male in Kadavoor jpg Juvenile male File Rhodothemis rufa female of Kadavoor jpg Female </gallery> User Jkadavoor/credit-cc0 2010 10 0 10 73 N 76 44 0 52 E Uploaded with UploadWizard Rhodothemis rufa Images by Jkadavoor Jee Insects of Kadavoor | ||||
