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 Epaulet skimmer on Lesbos?
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| nick upton |
Posted on 22-09-2011 17:31
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone say which skimmer this dragonfly is, maybe male Orthetrum chrysotigma the Epaulet skimmer or C. coerulescens the keeled skimmer. Both seem to have been recorded on the island, but both seem highly variable so i can't be sure which this is, if either. c 5cms 31.5.11 Lesbos near coast in quite a dry valley, but near a small freshwater spring. nick upton attached the following image:  [106.83Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 22-09-2011 17:34
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
A female, maybe of the same species (but could be different...) photographed a few metres away. Am more confident this is O. chrysostigma with the single white stripe on the thorax visible, but I'm, no dragonfly expert, so any ID help would be welcome!
nick upton attached the following image:  [105.73Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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