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Black-tailed Skimmer

Orthetrum cancellatum

Description:

The Black-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum cancellatum, is a European and Asian dragonfly. It occurs nearly all over Europe except northern UK and Scandinavia, to the east the range extends to Kashmir and Mongolia. The adult male has a blue abdomen with a black tip and transparent wings, and the female has a yellow (later: brown) body with black bands along the abdomen and transparent wings. Even the immature males look that way. This species has expanded its range, assisted by the creation of gravel pits which give it the extensive open unvegetated areas it prefers. It was first recorded in Great Britain in Essex in 1934. It is decreasing rapidly in the Maltese islands. (Wiki)

Notes:

Here wiki is not correct, it occurs in Denmark (Scandinavia).... Female

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10 Comments

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Gute Nacht :)
Sov godt :)

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Gute Nacht!

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Ein bisschen :)

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Hi, hi!
http://dade.dict.cc/?s=wasserwaage
Kannst du deutsch?

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Hurra for google ;-P
No google can't translate it... But how did you get vaterpas?

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

hein, vaterpas?

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Hehe :) På dansk er det en libel!

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Kun bluff ;-)...

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Mange tak :)
Kan du dansk, eller er det google?

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Meget smuk guldsmed!

Jeannette
Spotted by
Jeannette

Denmark

Spotted on Jun 4, 2008
Submitted on Jan 9, 2012

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