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Keeled skimmer  Geotagged,Keeled Skimmer,Orthetrum coerulescens,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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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 from June to September including places like Chudleigh Knighton Heath.

Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Frankhuizen Photography
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Uploaded Aug 5, 2013. Captured Aug 5, 2013 13:47 in Voorhoeveweg, 6006 Weert, The Netherlands.
  • Canon EOS 550D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/332s
  • ISO100
  • 225mm