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Keeled Skimmer

Photo: @ricmola · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Insects and other invertebrates

Keeled Skimmer

Orthetrum coerulescens

Observations in the area
1
Last sighting
14 June 2022
Category
Insects and other invertebrates
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The species

The keeled skimmer, Orthetrum coerulescens, is a species of European dragonfly. This species resembles the black-tailed skimmer but is slimmer and the male has no black tip. Females and immature males lack the black abdominal pattern. The pterostigma is orange and the thorax usually bears pale stripes. It breeds mainly in peat bogs and flies (in the UK) from June to September.

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