Widdow Skimmer male

The widow skimmer measures up to 2 inches long with a wingspan of up to 3 inches. Its body is dark brown, often with yellow stripes running along the abdomen that darken with age to black in males and dark brown in females. The fore and hind wings are blackish-brown from the body halfway to the tip, with the wing tips clear or smoky-brown. Mature males have white patches in the middle of each wing.