Keywords: Lathrecista asiatica female 2 by kadavoor.jpg Lathrecista asiatica Asiatic Blood Tail is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae It is the only species in its genus The species is widespread occurring from India to Australia The male is identifiable with its bright red abdomen and black caudal appendages The thorax is heavily pruinosed in grey/blue The young male is quite different to that of the male Its thorax isn't pruinosed allowing you to see the thoracic markings clearly and their abdomen is more of an orange colour not blood red Also the coloured wings tips are more obvious The female is much paler than the male more like the young male and is easily mistaken for the extremely common Potamarcha congener The markings on the thorax however are different and the thorax is more of an orange colour It doesn't have large caudal appendages like P congener either Taken at Kadavoor Kerala India 2010-07-17 12 30 33 own User Jkadavoor/author User Jkadavoor/cc0 2010 Libellulidae Kadavoor <gallery> File Lathrecista asiatica by kadavoor JPG Male File Lathrecista asiatica at Kadavoor jpg Male File Lathrecista asiatica female by kadavoor jpg Female </gallery> User Jkadavoor/credit-cc0 2010 10 0 10 73 N 76 44 0 52 E Uploaded with UploadWizard Lathrecista asiatica Insects of Kadavoor Images by Jkadavoor Jee |