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Black tailed skimmer (female)

Orthetrum cancellatum

Description:

Quite a common dragonfly in the South where it was seen, the female is paler than the male which has a much more blue abdomen. a medium sized dragonfly at around 44-49mm .

Habitat:

seen at by the marshes at Otmoor meadows, cherwell, oxford.

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2 Comments

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 10 years ago

Thanks Pedro!

PedroNicolau
PedroNicolau 10 years ago

Wonderful!

Debbie Stewart
Spotted by
Debbie Stewart

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jul 24, 2013
Submitted on Aug 3, 2013

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