ESWATINI'S BIODIVERSITY
Seedless Plants
Fauna - Vertebrates

Sympetrum fonscolombii - Red-veined Darter or Nomad

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Sympetrum fonscolombii
Red-veined Darter or Nomad

More information on this species

Female

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


Features
reddish orange body, abdomen with black dashes on 3rd and 2nd last segments (male)

reddish orange body, abdomen with black dashes on 3rd and 2nd last segments (male)

yellowish brown, with pale diagonal line on thorax (female)

yellowish brown, with pale diagonal line on thorax (female)

abdomen pale yellow with narrow side stripes, black dashes on 3rd and 2nd last segments (female)

abdomen pale yellow with narrow side stripes, black dashes on 3rd and 2nd last segments (female)

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


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