{"id":166883,"date":"2022-02-07T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=166883"},"modified":"2022-02-07T20:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:51:01","slug":"black-percher-rare-insect-sighted-in-seshachalam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/black-percher-rare-insect-sighted-in-seshachalam\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Percher: Rare insect sighted in Seshachalam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Percher was sighted for the first time in the Seshachalam Hill ranges recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Black Percher?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-166894 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/07ONG4Dragonfly.jpeg?resize=435%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/07ONG4Dragonfly.jpeg?w=435&amp;ssl=1 435w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/07ONG4Dragonfly.jpeg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black percher or black ground skimmer (Diplacodes lefebvrii) <\/span><b>is a species of dragonfly.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the <\/span><b>phylum arthropoda,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> class insecta and order odonata.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Range:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very widespread and common species in Africa and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">southern Eurasia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In India, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it has been sighted in forest locations of Karnataka and coastal Andhra Pradesh. But this appears to be its maiden appearance in the Seshachalam ranges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is recorded from almost all kinds of well-vegetated freshwater habitats, including seasonal. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known to move near forest streams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IUCN Status: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least Concern<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article <b>\u201cRare insect sighted in Seshachalam<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b>published in <b>The Hindu <\/b>on <b>7th Feb 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Black Percher was sighted for the first time in the Seshachalam Hill ranges recently. What is Black Percher? Black percher or black ground skimmer (Diplacodes lefebvrii) is a species of dragonfly. It belongs to the phylum arthropoda, class insecta and order odonata. Range: It is a very widespread and common species&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/black-percher-rare-insect-sighted-in-seshachalam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Black Percher: Rare insect sighted in Seshachalam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-166883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}