Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Bukit Batok (Singapore) on 2009-09-25

I done some reaserch and it seems that N.ramburii is not native to singapore but i am really sure that it is a N.ramburii

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Sumatra (Indonesia) on 2008-08-20

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Gua Musang, Kelantan (Malaysia) on 2008-03-12

This male was photographed in a small pond in a young oil palm plantation. I think this matches the illustration in the pocket guide by Dr Orr who said this sp. is rare in Peninsular Malaysia. I found this sp. quite common in this area.

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Sabah (Malaysia) on 2007-08-14

A maturing female Neurothemis ramburii in grassy hiding bush about 500m from breeding water.

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Sabah (Malaysia) on 2007-08-14

This is another immature female Neurothemis ramburii.

We can tell it is immature from :
1) pterostigma are still yellow color
2) the abdomen is still greenish yellow

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Sabah (Malaysia) on 2007-08-14

A MATURED female Neurothemis ramburii. The pterostigma and abdomen have darken from greenish-yellow to reddish-orange.

A close examining can also notice the last two abdomen tip segments are stained with mud indicating that this young female has recently oviposit (lay eggs) on muddy water. I found her not by the water but in her hiding place 50 meters away.

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Sabah (Malaysia) on 2007-08-14

My favorite dragonfly image. A picture worth a thousand words. This image effectively tells a dragonfly love (and need) sunny days with bright blue sky like you and me.

Neurothemis species are timid dragonflies difficult to get close to. But this female Neurothemis ramburii allowed me to get close to as near as few inches. Why ?

The clue is on the image itself : bright shinning fresh yellow abdomen, clean smooth thorax reflecting sharp clear shadow of the still very thin transparent wings – signs of newly born.

This female Neurothemis ramburii is newly emerged and now warming up under the sun too weak to fly away from the camera.

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Bukit Lagong (Kepong) (Malaysia) on 2007-07-28

Although it is mentionned as rare in Peninsular Malaysia in pocket guide to dragonflies of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, the pattern of the hyaline zone seems typical fom the Neurothemis ramburii rather than fulvia, indicated as widespread.
Found in a "pond", along road in orchards and secondary lowland forest

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Sing sing falls, near Lovina, Bali (Indonesia) on 2007-07-14

Tentative ID from photos here. Please ignore copywrite stamp, this is my image.

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Neurothemis ramburii ramburii (Kaup in Brauer, 1866)
Photo taken in Bogor, CIFOR grounds (Indonesia) on 2007-05-02

Forest and pond

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