Orthetrum villosovittatum

Fiery Skimmer at suppressed

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Identification history

	Orthetrum villosovittatum	24 May 2025	KorinneM
	Unverified	21 May 2025	MazzV

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A chunky-thoraxed dragonfly with a gold brown abdomen, closely matching the colour of the dead bracken stem it is perched on. There looks to be a broad band of maize-yellow running from front to back on the top of the thorax. The eyes are a rich brown, and upper outer edges of the thorax are also marked with a rich brown. The legs appear black with some brown on the upper legs closest to the body. Slim brown bands surround the thorax and the foremost part of the abdomen, and the tail tip, are also a maize-yellow. The wing veins appear to be black. This has several features in common with the dragonfly at sighting 4670143, and has since been verified as the same species.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Latest Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects

Additional information

dead bracken stem Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Orthetrum villosovittatum Scientific name
Fiery Skimmer Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 700m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania