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 (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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Sighting information

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

Additional information

A Salvia (sp. unknown) 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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Record quality

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More than one media file
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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