Swampwatcher (Potamarcha congener)

Swampwatcher (Potamarcha congener) is a species of animal in Libellulidae, a medium sized dragonfly with a bluish black chest, yellow tail with black markings, face olive yellow to black or brown, large reddish brown eyes on top and bluish gray below.

P. congener in adult males has a thorax and the first four stomach segments are covered with a bluish black color. Young adults have visible yellow markings in between black and orange with the last two segments being entirely black.

The female has yellow and black stripes on the sides. The belly is black with dull orange markings and has a protruding flap on each side of the rear segment. The flap serves to hold the eggs in place during oviposition.

Transparent wings with a bluish-black band on the front margin near the tip. Swampwatcher lives on land with standing water including small ponds, rice fields, swamps or rivers as breeding grounds.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Potamarcha
Species: Potamarcha congener

Limestone beads (Jacquemontia paniculata)

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Plumeria rubra and Plumeria obtusa, the differences

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Kunu buti (Mesosphaerum suaveolens)

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