Fauna - Vertebrates

Orthetrum machadoi - Highland Skimmer

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Orthetrum machadoi
Highland Skimmer

More information on this species

Female

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


Features
body all blue (male)

body all blue (male)

body lightish yellow, abdomen with thin stripe on top and side stripe (female)

body lightish yellow, abdomen with thin stripe on top and side stripe (female)

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



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