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Copyright: Luis alberto (semprempe)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 34 W: 4 N: 140]](//i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-g.gif) (974) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2013-07-04 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Exposure: f/10.0, 1/250 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2014-06-10 13:29 |
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| Points: 8 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Epaulet Skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi as well as Canary Islands. It was recently recorded in the Maltese Islands in 2010. Common in Portugal.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. The adults prey on various flying insects, with the bodies of the males being vivid blue and those of the females a bright green color.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthetrum_chrysostigma |
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