Thursday 25 July 2024

Female Deielia Phaon

Deielia Phaon (异色多纹蜻). Female.

One of the smaller dragonflies of the summer ponds, the largest fall a little short of 5cm in length. The females have alternating black and yellow vertical stripes on their breasts, and a row of yellow vertical spots in the centre and on both sides of the back of abdominal segments 2 to 7. Some females are fully yellow and black, while others have also have some shade of powdery blue.

Female Deielia Phaon in Changsha