Fauna - Vertebrates

Orthetrum caffrum - Two-Striped Skimmer

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Orthetrum caffrum
Two-Striped Skimmer

More information on this species

Male

Photographer/Source: Lappies Labuschagne - © Lappies Labuschagne


Features
dark turquoise eyes, pale blue body, whitish stripe between wings (male)

dark turquoise eyes, pale blue body, whitish stripe between wings (male)

reddish brown body, light stripes on sides of thorax, whitish stripe between wings (male)

reddish brown body, light stripes on sides of thorax, whitish stripe between wings (male)

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



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