Fauna - Vertebrates

Orthetrum stemmale - Bold Skimmer

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Orthetrum stemmale
Bold Skimmer

More information on this species

Photographer/Source: Kate Braun - Available for use provided the source is quoted.


Features
body all blue (male)

body all blue (male)

thorax greenish yellow with blackish stripes (female)

thorax greenish yellow with blackish stripes (female)

abdomen yellowish brown, dark brown bands and thin stripe on top and sides (female)

abdomen yellowish brown, dark brown bands and thin stripe on top and sides (female)

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



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