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Common Parasol

Neurothemis fluctuans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 507, February 466, March 449, April 376, May 564, June 618, July 592, August 842, September 656, October 724, November 582, December 479.
Singapore6,855
NORTH REGION3,304
Malaysia1,503
Thailand800
WEST REGION534
Indonesia437
Sabah325
Selangor292
Kuala Lumpur200
Johor199

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusParasols · Neurothemis

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