Black-tailed Skimmer

Males have a blue abdomen with a black tip at the end, females have a yellow body with black bands along the abdomen.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Never seen this one before, excellent find! Posted 13 years ago
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  And we now have a pioneer medal ;) Posted 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

I say: well deserved! Posted 13 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

This is Libellula fulva, an adult male. Although the edge of the abdomen is black on adult males, the front of the head is black and on O. cancellatum, paler white. The color of the eyes is quite different also, deep green in O. cancellatum.

Check this:

O. cancellatum
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Orthetrum_cancellatum_-_001.jpg

L. fulva
http://www.dragonflypix.com/photos/libellula_fulva_01.jpg

Cheers* Posted 9 years ago

The Scarce chaser

The scarce chaser is a species of dragonfly. The adult male has a bright blue abdomen with patches of black, while the adult female and juvenile male each have a bright orange abdomen. It is about 45 mm in length with an average wingspan of 74 mm. It is distributed throughout Europe. This dragonfly is considered a species of special concern in Great Britain due to loss of its specific ideal habitat.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by RMFelix