Fauna - Vertebrates

Orthetrum julia falsum - Julia Skimmer

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Orthetrum julia falsum
Julia Skimmer

More information on this species

Female

Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis


Features
eyes dark turquoise, brown mottled thorax, pale blue abdomen (male)

eyes dark turquoise, brown mottled thorax, pale blue abdomen (male)

body striped, yellowish and black, last for segments of abdomen black (female)

body striped, yellowish and black, last for segments of abdomen black (female)

More photos on other websites:
Look for Orthetrum_julia on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
 



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