Blue/Black Dragonfly

I found this dragonfly on the outskirts of a dam just outside of Harare. It was extremely skittish and took a very long time to settle.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful! Any idea which species it is? Posted 10 years ago
1. tweezie94
  
  Bull Frog
  
  Not yet, still searching! I didn't realize just how many different species of dragonfly there are out there haha Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    There are definitely many, and unfortunately quite hard to identify sometimes. Posted 10 years ago

tweezie94

Bull Frog

A big thank you to WildFlower for identifying this species!!! =D Posted 10 years ago

The Urothemis edwardsii

''Urothemis edwardsii'', or ''blue basker'' is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, intermittent.. more

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by WildFlower