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Epaulet Skimmer

Orthetrum chrysostigma

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 23, February 37, March 30, April 51, May 118, June 173, July 136, August 203, September 200, October 145, November 68, December 53.
Spain1,237
South Africa913
Portugal554
Andalucía526
Canarias349
Israel323
Mpumalanga303
KwaZulu-Natal277
Comunitat Valenciana211
Limpopo190

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusOrthetrum

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