Seedless Plants
Fauna - Vertebrates
Fauna - Invertebrates
Orthetrum trinacria - Long Skimmer
Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Orthetrum trinacria
Long Skimmer
More information on this species
Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis
Features
body all blue, long slender abdomen (male)
pterostigmas long and narrow, pale
light greenish yellow body, thorax with very thin black markings (female)
More photos on other websites:Look for Orthetrum_trinacria on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
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