Common Name : Coastal Glider
Status : Common
Location : Lornie Trail
M. Cora is a middle-sized dragonfly species with a relatively large head. The male has a dark brown thorax and its abdomen is red in colour while the female has light orange-yellow thorax and abdomen. The immatured male looks similar to the female except that its colours is a little darker. Both sexes have distinguishable thick broken black marking on the upperside of the abdomen.
(Immatured male - Lornie Trail, 25 Aug 2010)
Although this species is classified as common, strangely, this was my first sighting in my 3 years of chasing dragonflies. There were 2 of them perching on a dry twig quite a distance from the reservior. Occasionally, they would fight one another but returned to the same perch. An easy species to photograph.
(Frontal view - Lornie Trail, 25 Aug 2010)
Beautiful Shot Anthony of the Coastal Glider, very detailed indeed. The Lornie Trail seems a cracking place to spot such a wide variety of Dragonfly species.
ReplyDeleteThanks Antony!
ReplyDeleteYes, Lornie Trail is an excellent place to find various species of dragonflies. I'll revisit to add more to my collection :D