Two-striped Skimmer
Orthetrum caffrum
Salient Features 3
Size: 39mm-45mm; Wingspan74-82mm
Mature ♂︎ may lose the double stripe on the thorax with age and require inspection of secondary genetalia.
♀ and young ♂︎ easily identified by the double stripe on thorax.
Pterostigma is amber.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
- (c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Robert Taylor
- (c) Grant Reed, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
iNat Map
| 1. country | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2. ecoregion | Kalahari, Karstveld Sink Holes, Okavango Floodplains |
| 3. body length | medium |
| 4. dominant body colour - male | blue |
| 5. dominant body colour - female | yellow & black |
| 6. wing markings - extent | none |
| 7. wing markings - colour | none |
| 8. pterostigma colour | pale |
| 9. typical wing position | open |
