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Southern skimmer

Orthetrum brunneum

Photo by FotisAngel
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Field Notes

Description:

The thorax and the abdomen are pale blue in males, yellowish-brown or greyish-brown in females. The middorsal line is black. The wings are hyaline, with yellow or pale brown pterostigma.

Habitat:

quite rivers and swallow waters

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