Crimson-tailed marsh hawk (Orthetrum pruinosum)

Orthetrum pruinosum is distributed widely across South and Southeast Asia, with records from countries including India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia. It favors ponds, marshes, slow streams, and other sunny freshwater habitats.

Mature males develop a red or purplish-red abdomen and a powdery coating known as pruinescence on parts of the body. Females and immature males are generally more yellow-brown, so they can look substantially different.

It is a true dragonfly in the skimmer family Libellulidae. Like other dragonflies, it normally rests with its wings spread rather than folded together over the abdomen.

Adults capture small flying insects such as mosquitoes, midges, and flies. Its aquatic nymphs are also predators, feeding on small animals beneath the water before emerging and transforming into winged adults.