4178. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Dragonfly at KTPH on 22 Jul 2025.

 

 

REFERENCE:

https://thaiodonata.blogspot.com/2011/03/neurothemis-intermedia-atalanta.html

Family: Libellulidae

Genus: Neurothemis

Species: Neurothemis intermedia atalanta

Common name(s): Paddyfield Parasol, Pale Yellow Widow, Ruddy Meadow Skimmer

Thai name: แมลงปอบ้านใหม่กึ่งวิถ

Habitat: Varied (Open lowland paddy fields to the edge of uplands forests)

Province(s) sighted: Widespread (Khon Kaen); Nam Nao NP/environs (Petchabun);  Phu Rua environs (Loei); Widespread (Chiang Mai); Khao Yai (Nakhorn Ratchasima); Khao Soi Dao (Chantaburi); Kanchanaburi environs (Kanchanaburi); small pond, Kabin Buri;  Pang Sida NP (Sa Kaew); Koh Chang (Trat).

Sightings (by me): Very common (except for the mature male)

In flight (that I have seen): February-December

A common member of the Libellulidae family is Neurothemis intermedia atalanta. It can be seen in many places from open wasteland to the edge of forests. I would say that the female is more commonly seen than the male.

 

 

seen in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Botanic Garden, 23 Jul 2025
Possibly a young male or female adult Neurothemis intermedia.
Tripod, Canon R5

The male

The male is easily identifiable. It is generally orange/yellow in colour. It has two broken black lines running dorsally along the abdomen. The stigma is black and becomes ochre as it ages. The eyes are cherry red dorsally. The base of the eye is green/white. It has feint markings on the synthorax.

Strangely enough, the mature adult male is scarce - for me anyway. It is similar to the younger male, but the abdomen colour has change to a bold orange, and the colour at the wing base is more prominent. Though scarcely seen, this male was spotted in my back garden!

 

 

 

 

 

The female

The female is very similar to the young male. The black dorsal lines are thicker than the males and the terminal segments are generally darker. The colour at the base of the wings is generally much less prominent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 JUL 2025: Shaded part of garden opposite Kopitiam
Canon R5

Tripod

AV 

105mm, 1/40 sec, f/11, ISO 400. 

Neurothemis intermedia dragonfly.
 

KTPH HAS a big billboard of photos of 30 species of dragonflies, but rare to spot one in the Botanic Garden today!

 

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 Rare dragonfly seen in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Botanic Garden. It has a billboard showing photos of over 30 species of dragonflies, but in real life, as a patient or photographer, you will be fortunate to spot one, as in my case.