Friday, 26 July 2024

Female Greater Blue Skimmer

Greater Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum melania, 异色灰蜻). Female.

Another 'blue' dragonfly in which the females are in fact black and yellow. There are many of them out now, both by the lakes and throughout the forests, vigilant destroyers of nasty mosquitoes.

Female Greater Blue Skimmer on Yuelu Mountain