White-tailed skimmer
Orthetrum albistylum
48.251, 26.7325
Field Notes
Description:
Large, yellow and black, female, 45-50 mm, distinctive white appendage that also gives its name. Has black pterostigmas.
Habitat:
On vegetation, high banks of large, slow-flowing lowland river.
Notes:
Very common species in Romania, males can be seen sitting on open ground near the water, launching low fast flights over the water.
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