Common orange
Ceriagrion glabrum
Fun Fact: Common Oranges can be found along the swampy river segments and in seasonal rain pools.
Introduction: Common Oranges (Ceriagrion glabrum) can be found along the swampy river segments and in seasonal rain pools. In drier regions well-vegetated perennial waters such as streams and wetlands created by leaking dams are favoured.
Distribution: Caprivi and Kavango Rivers, south as far as Etosha National Park and onto the Hardap Dam near Mariental.
Colouration: Yellow to reddish-brown head and thorax, greenish eyes. Bright orange-red abdomen in fully developed males. Females are brownish.
Breeding: Egg development can take up to 1 month.
Flight season: Throughout the year.
Conservation: Not threatened.
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