Orthetrum villosovittatum
Fiery Skimmer at Copmanhurst, NSW
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| Orthetrum villosovittatum | KorinneM | 24 May 2025 | |
| Unverified | MazzV | 21 May 2025 |
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A chunky-thoraxed dragonfly (photo 5), with a gold brown abdomen. There is a broad maize-yellow band, of varying widths, running from front to back on the top of the thorax (photo 3). The eyes are dark brown, and upper outer edges of the thorax are also marked with a dark brown (photos 1 & 2). The legs appear black-brown. Slim brown bands surround the abdomen, and slim lines ring dorsally and laterally from the front of it towards the rear end. All wings have a thin brown rectangular mark on the front edge towards the outermost ends. This has several features in common with the dragonfly at sighting 4670134, and has since been verified as the same species.
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Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
- A Salvia (sp. unknown) Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Orthetrum villosovittatum Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects
Species information
- Orthetrum villosovittatum Scientific name
- Fiery Skimmer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 700m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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