{"id":63343,"date":"2025-09-13T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=63343"},"modified":"2025-09-13T13:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:09:36","slug":"scarlet-dragonfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/scarlet-dragonfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlet Dragonfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Scarlet Dragonfly Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent discovery, a rare scarlet dragonfly has been spotted in the valleys of Munnar, somewhere in Kerala\u2019s Western Ghats.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Scarlet Dragonfly<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of dragonfly in the <\/span><b>family Libellulidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Crocothemis erythraea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its common names include <\/span><b>broad scarlet, common scarlet-darter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>scarlet darter.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Scarlet Dragonfly <\/b><b>Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a common species in <\/span><b>southern Europe and throughout Africa.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also occurs across <\/span><b>western Asia as far as southern China.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sometimes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, these dragonflies<\/span><b> travel far from their usual homes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Scarlet Dragonfly <\/b><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scarlet dragonflies like to <\/span><b>live near water.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can be found near many types of water, like <\/span><b>rivers, streams, and ponds.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>prefer sunny spots,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not places that are too shady.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Scarlet Dragonfly <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can reach a length of 33\u201344 millimetres (1.3\u20131.7 in).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These dragonflies have a <\/span><b>flattened and rather broad abdomen.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> adult male <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scarlet dragonfly has a <\/span><b>bright scarlet red<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, widened abdomen, with small amber patches at the bases of the hindwings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also the <\/span><b>veins on the leading edges of the wings are red.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Females and immatures are yellow-brown <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and have a conspicuous pale stripe along the top of the thorax.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Scarlet Dragonfly <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as &#8216;<b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Least Concern&#8217;<\/b> under the IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/travel\/things-to-do\/a-rare-ice-age-scarlet-dragonfly-spotted-in-munnar-kerala-an-unexpected-spectacle\/articleshow\/123826751.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarlet Dragonfly is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. 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