Seedless Plants
Fauna - Vertebrates
Fauna - Invertebrates
Orthetrum abbotti - Little Skimmer
Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Orthetrum abbotti
Little Skimmer
More information on this species
Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis
Features
turquoise eyes, pale blue body (male)
yellow/greenish cream thorax with very narrow black stripes (female)
abdomen yellow with black side stripes and narrow stripe on top (female)
More photos on other websites:Look for Orthetrum_abbotti on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
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