A beautiful finding in our garden

Golden colored might be female or immature.


This is what first caught my attention.

Hello friends, #FascinatingInsects community, and host @jaki01, it's been a long time since I posted here. In India, there is no shortage of insects, especially when you live in a natural setting. Our garden has very natural conditions, with wild bushes, sand dunes, native cacti, and it is surrounded by coconut palms and fruit trees. There are plenty of ants, termites, butterflies, and dragonflies.

Recently, I saw a dragonfly for the first time in my life. I tried several websites to identify it, but I couldn't find the name. I'm hoping @jaki01, the very knowledgeable admin of our community, can help identify this dragonfly.

We have curry leaf plants all over, but due to the dust and coconut pollen, they often get messy. One day, I was going to pick some curry leaves, and I noticed that each plant had some black spots, so I decided not to pick from them. Finally, I found one plant with very nice, clean, and green leaves. As I approached to pick the leaves, I noticed there was dry grass and some wild bushes around. It was midday, and walking in the hot sun requires careful foot placement, especially when getting close to the bushes.

While I was focused more on the ground than on picking the leaves, I suddenly spotted a beautiful silvery dragonfly with dark brown and silvery-colored wings nicely playing on a dry bush, sticks, and grass.

I started taking photos without disturbing it, keeping a distance.

It was sometimes very still, almost as if it was posing for photos. I started playing with it, and once again, another magic happened—the golden one appeared.

It wasn't easy to see at first. It flashed by quickly, but then it landed on the stick, and I finally caught sight of it.

I had almost forgotten that I needed to make my dal and had come out just to pick some curry leaves.

I ended up playing with both of them for nearly half an hour.
Thank you.