Akiakane Dragonfly
This morning, while strolling through Tsukuda Park, I encountered two kinds of "red dragonflies": Akiakane and Shojo dragonflies.
Unexpectedly today, September 21, "Akiakane Hatsumi" was reported in the Tokyo region.
It is 4 days later than normal and 3 days later than last year.
Akiakane emerges from early June to early July, and once moves to the mountains (the body color at this time is pale yellow), but in autumn, the abdomen becomes peculiar red and returns to the flat ground It is said that
The day when this abdomen first saw an individual with a red abdomen is called the "first viewing day", and is counted as one of the "biological seasonal observation" of this season.
Akiakane is one of the representative species of so-called "red dragonflies".
"Red Dragonfly" is a general term for red dragonflies of the body color, and generally refers to the genus Dragonfly, but the body color is yellow, such as red dragonflies other than the red dragonflies (scarlet dwarf, Shojo dragonflies, Benite dragonflies, etc.) that appear in flocks from the end of summer are also called "red dragonflies".
Natsu Akane, which resembles Akiakane, is said to have no difference in the overall habitat itself, appears on flat ground throughout the entire period, and is classified by redening the head, chest, and abdomen.
By the way, the "red dragonfly" appearing in the nursery rhyme "Akatonbo" appears in the nursery rhyme "Usbaki dragonfly", which is often seen in flocks from the viewpoint that it looks like a piggyback child, and "Akiakane" from the habit of stopping at the end of the pole It seems that there is a high possibility.
