Emergence of Dragonflies
Date: 16 Feb. 2003 Location: Si Nakharin Reservoir (14° 34' 19" N / 99° 12' 16" E) The Si Nakharin Reservoir is situated in Thailand, 172 km NW of Bangkok in the Kanchanaburi Province. |
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A very large population of Brachythemis contaminata lives around this reservoir. Most of the emerging dragonflies presented here are B. contaminata.
Even if we are now in the heart of the dry season, it is still possible to find easily the following common species:
| Around the Reservoir | On the streams converging to the Reservoir |
| Rhyothemis phillys | Neurobasis chinensis |
| Trithemis aurora | Libellago lineata |
| Brachythemis contaminata | Rhinocypha perforata limbata |
| Ictinogomphus decorata melaenops | Rhinocypha fenestrella |
| Libellago lineata | Trithemis aurora |
| Neurothemis fulvia | Diplacodes trivialis |
| Ishnura senegalensis | Orthetrum glaucum |
| Pseudagrion sp. | Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum |
| Coeliccia didyma | Euphaea masoni |
| Rhyothemis variegata | |
| Trithemis pallidinervis | |
| Orthetrum sabina sabina |
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