Orthetrum brunneum

Orthetrum brunneum.  (Fonscolombe. 1837).  Southern Skimmer.

A common species found throughout Europe with a more streamlined shaped

abdomen, compared with the related, slightly longer bodied O. cancellatum. The

mature male is blue, with the female yellow brown. Both sexes have broad

antehumeral stripes with a  brown pterostigma.

Orthetrum brunneum. Southern Skimmer.
Female. Peloponnese. Greece. 5.9.17
Orthetrum brunneum. Southern Skimmer.
Male. Peloponnese. Greece. 5.9.17.
Orthetrum brunneum
Mating pair. Vouraikos. Peloponnese. 14.6.165.
Orthetrum coerulescens
Female. Vouraikos. Peloponnese. 5.9.16.
Orthetrum coerulescens
Mating pair. Vouraikos. Peloponnese. 12.7.16.
Orthetrum coerulescens
Female. Vouraikos. Peloponnese, 12.7.16.

Female. Peloponnese, Greece. 22.6.17.

Male. Zefissia, Chios.  6.6.17.

Orthetrum coerulescens
Male. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 27.5.16.
Orthetrum coerulescens
Female. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 27.5.16.

 

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