18th September 2008 :: An apache or a cobra?
When we were kids we used to call these insects helicopters. Actually I still call them helicopters because I don't know what these insects are called and everyone around me knows them as helicopters only. There used to be a lot of these in Delhi when I was a kid but hadn't seen them in bigger groups for a long time. This year though the rains were quite good and a big group of these helicopters could be seen near my home. This helicopter was sitting on our building wall. It was late evening and the pictures without the flash were very bad so I took a few with the flash. This helicopter sat there all the time; maybe it was not well or even alive. I find the winds of this helicopter amazing, wondering why that tiny bit at the top right is solid...maybe to add weight.
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Helicopter | Insect | Wings