Monday, September 6, 2010

Blue Persuer Dragonfly(Potamarcha congener)

Here's another product of my walks home after work. First I confused it with an Asian Skimmer but the difference of the tail color pattern made me search further till  I found this blog post by my blogger friend Amila Salgado, which allowed me to identify this one correctly.

The Dragonflies of Sri Lanka
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Location: Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

9 comments:

  1. Amaris in WonderlandSeptember 16, 2010 at 10:04 PM

    Dragonflies are so magical. :) I think that they are some of the most beautiful, though "common", creatures that are found throughout the world.

    Unfortunately, not all cultures respect them. I was surprised to see that they are treated as everyday pests here in Brazil. I tried to stop a group of women from killing a very large one that had accidentally flown into a salon. I was unsuccessful. :*(

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  2. Amaris in WonderlandSeptember 16, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    (Sorry, i accidentally published my comment before i was finished.)

    This Blue Persuer in particular is one of the most beautiful that i've seen. Great capture!!

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  3. Amila KanchanaSeptember 20, 2010 at 8:05 PM

    Hi Amaris,

    Yes they are magical. I'm sorry to hear of them having such a bad time there!

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  4. Amila SalgadoOctober 4, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    It's a nice dragonfly to have in your yard. Kandy is very good for dragonflies.

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  5. Amila KanchanaOctober 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM

    Hi Amila,Nice to see your on my blog! Yes this species is particularly nice. This one was in Kurunegala,but Kandy being near,I guess there is a similarity between the biodiversity of the two cities.

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  6. arjunOctober 27, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    Thank you.... your post helped me identify most of the dragonflies on my land/farm

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  7. DawnNovember 9, 2010 at 7:52 AM

    Beautiful pictures! Wow, so clear. Don't know how you do it but thank you.

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  8. Amila KanchanaNovember 9, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    Hi arjun,My pleasure!
    Hi Dawn,Thank you for the compliment! Actually,these photos are pretty average. I was just able to get as close as about two feet to this critter and shoot in the intelligent macro mode of my simple point-and-shoot digital cam. Check my blog roll for some real macros,about hundred folds better than mine! :-)

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  9. Nirodha AbayalathJune 15, 2012 at 12:40 AM

    not Blue Persure I think it is indigo dropwing.check brother

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