Southern Darter

Sympetrum meridionale
Skimmers (Libellulidae)

Mating Tandem.
Southern Darteron RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Slim bright red or straw-coloured dragonfly. 
♂ has a red abdomen without black spots, a brown back with vague light shoulder stripes and the front wing veins are red. 
♀ has a straw-coloured abdomen, yellow breast and the front wing veins are yellow. 

Both sexes have yellow legs with thin black stripes. Young animals still have a yellowish to orange coloured abdomen. 

⇔ l. 35-40 mm 

Preference for very sunny watery areas with much vegetation. 

LA: 
≈ The SYMPETRUM VULGATUM (Vagrant Darter) has a club-shaped abdomen. 
≈ The SYMPETRUM STRIOLATUM (Common darter) has much more black on legs and body.

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