Black Tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum

Another hunt for the White Letter Hairstreak ends in failure but on the plus side, I did snap this Black Tailed Skimmer, and ID'd it all by myself.

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Favours lakes, slow rivers, ponds and occasionally marshy area, that have open water and bare patches along the shore. Patrolling males frequently rest in the sun on bare ground.

Length: 44-49 mm
Wings have a yellow costa (leading wing vein).
Dark pterostigma (wing spots).
Males: blue abdomen darkening to the rear with S8-10 becoming black. Green eyes.
Females: yellow with dark ladder pattern on the abdomen; becomes darker with age. Olive-brown eyes.
Immature adults: similar to females.
They fly swift and low, skimming the water surface.

british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/black-tailed-skimmer/

Taken on: July 15, 2020

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Orthetrum cancellatum

Black Tailed Skimmer

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