Orthetrum taeniolatum
species of insect
Orthetrum taeniolatum is an Asian freshwater dragonfly species. The common name for this species is small skimmer. Its range of distribution spreads from eastern Europe to China, and the species itself is locally common throughout the range.
Description and habitat
It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown capped eyes, greenish brown thorax and bluish abdomen. Female lacks the powder blue pruinescence. It prefers medium to slow-flowing streams in the dry zones and hot plains. Adults are common around open rocky and sandy beds of the streams.
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