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| Chalky Percher, Female Diplacodes trivialis |
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| Chalky Percher, Female Diplacodes trivialis |
Location: KRS Mysore, India
Season: Early Winter, November
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Diplacodes
Diplacodes trivialis
This dragonfly was spotted perching on the wall in the vicinity of the famous KRS dam in Mysore. These photos are examples of how the humble iPhone can elicit anatomical details with good lighting and a still subject. The best camera is the one you have at hand!
This is a female Chalky Percher Dragonfly. It is a medium sized dragonfly, about 5 to 6 cms in length. Being a female, it is bright yellow in colour with blackish brown markings on the thorax and the abdomen. The wings are clear with yellowish colouring on the wing base of hind wings. The pterostigma is yellow. Male Chalky Perchers, as the name suggests are chalky blue in colour. The young males are yellow but develop a blue colour due to Pruinescence as they mature. I couldn't spot a male anywhere in the surroundings.
Chalky Perchers supposedly don't fly over one meter and perch on the ground. But this female chalky percher was on the second floor of the hotel where we were staying. It was early morning on a cold day and she was perching to warm herself up. She barely moved. I only noticed in the photograph that she has lost one of her limbs but she was strongly perching with 5 others.
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