Source: TOI
Context: Researchers documented the first verifiable photographic record of the rare Spoon-tailed Duskhawker (Gynacantha basiguttata) along the Miao-Vijaynagar Road inside Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh.
About the species
- Scientific name: Gynacantha basiguttata
- Common name: Spoon-tailed Duskhawker
- Order: Odonata
- Family: Aeshnidae
- Type: Large predatory dragonfly
- It is associated with Southeast Asia, with the species originally described from the Philippines.
- It is notable for its spoon-shaped terminal appendages, which give it its common name.
- It is also known for crepuscular behaviour, meaning it is particularly active around dawn and dusk.
About Namdapha National Park
- Located in Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh
- India’s easternmost tiger reserve
- The only protected area in the world where four large cats occur: tiger, leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard
- Home to the endemic Namdapha flying squirrel (Critically Endangered)
- Borders Myanmar
