Long skimmer

Introduction: Long or Slender Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) have characteristic long and slender abdomens. Habitats include oshanas and oxbow lakes, lakes, dams and flowing sections of ephemeral rivers.

Distribution: Caprivi Strip, Kunene River, Kavango River, Etosha National Park, Kaokoland, Damaraland, Swakopmund, Windhoek, northern, central and southern scattered populations.

Colouration: Features include rich blue eyes, a pale pterostigma. Males look almost black in flight.

Breeding: Larvae develop in temporary waters.

Flight season: Throughout the year.

Max size: 60mm.

Conservation: Not threatened.