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Bold Skimmer Male-Dark Close-up

Bold Skimmer, Orthetrum stemmale, Koenieskepper

Bold Skimmer Male-Dark Close-up Images by esteemed photographers as an identification aid for the dragonfly species Bold Skimmer, Orthetrum stemmale, Koenieskepper

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Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmerl Male Ndumu Mch 2017r 7Image
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Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Male Close up Kozibay KZN RSA Mch 2019Male

Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Male Cape Vidal KZN Apr 2016Young Male

Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Teneral Male Tshipise LP RSA May 2016Male
Tenaral

100 2571 Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Male Close up Ndumo KZN RSA Mch 2018r 3Male
Dark variation

 

100 2519 Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Female Close up Ndumo KZN RSA Mch 2019r 2Female

Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Kozi Bay KZN Mch 2017Female

Orthetrum stemmale Bold Skimmer Female MP RSA Nov 2016Female
Teneral

 

 

 

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Compared with other species:
  • Orthetrum stemmale is a larger than O. abbotti (Little Skimmer)  102 501 Waterberge male x Mch 2016 r, O. hintzi (Dark-shouldered Skimmer) 100 2090 Orthetrum hintzi Dark shouldered Skimmer Male Ezemvelo GP RSA Sept 2017r 1 and O. machadoi.(Highland Skimmer) 100 2119 Orthetrum machadoi Highland Skimmer Male1 Haenertsburg LP RSA Dec 2015r 2
  • O. julia, (Julia Skimmer) is the only species has dark brownish black pterostigmas. 100 2034 Orthetrum julia falsum Julia Skimmer Male Mystic Monkeys Jan 2017r 5
  • O. caffrum (Two-striped Skimmer), 100 790 Orthetrum caffrum Two stripped Skimmer Moreletta Sept 2016r 2  O. Julia (Cape Skimmer) 108 509 Orthetrum julia capicola Cape Skimmer Male Hermanus Western Cape 06 02 2016  has stripe between wings
  • O. chrysostigma (Epaulet Skimmer).   Orthetrum chrysostigma Epaulet Skimmer  O. caffrum (Two-striped Skimmer), 100 790 Orthetrum caffrum Two stripped Skimmer Moreletta Sept 2016r 2  O. brachiale (Banded Skimmer) 100 651 Orthetrum brachiale Banded Skimmer Female Kasane Apr 2014 r 1 has stripe on the lateral thorax
  • O. chrysostigma, 100 1171 Alicedale epaulet Nov 2015 Resize  O. caffrum, 100 790 Orthetrum caffrum Two stripped Skimmer Moreletta Sept 2016r 2  O. brachiale  100 651 Orthetrum brachiale Banded Skimmer Female Kasane Apr 2014 r 1 has a distinct thoracic side stripes. This may disappear (pruinose) with age.
Distribution
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 South Africa:

  • Localise to northern KZN, Mp and Limpopo Province 

Africa:

  • Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Republic of Guinea; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; São Tomé & Príncipe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Further reading:

Websites
IUCNThe IUCN Red Data List of Threatened Species.   Least Concern
D D IDA Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa