Scarlet skimmer

Scarlet skimmer

Ruddy marsh skimmer

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Crocothemis servilia

The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer, Crocothemis servilia, is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.

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It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.

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It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.

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References

1. Scarlet skimmer Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_skimmer
2. Scarlet skimmer on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163607/80679957

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