Bold Skimmer

Orthetrum stemmale · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

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Bold Skimmer
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA

Bold Skimmer is a dragonfly species in the Libellulidae family. It lives in many wet and forested habitats such as moist lowland forests, shrublands, rivers, swamps and freshwater marshes. Its range includes many African countries from Angola to Zimbabwe and possibly Burundi.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Bold Skimmer belongs to the dragonfly family Libellulidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, dry and moist shrublands, intermittent rivers, wetlands, swamps, and various freshwater marshes.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Bold Skimmer photo 3
Photo: Alandmanson, CC BY-SA
Bold Skimmer photo 4
Photo: Alandmanson, CC BY-SA
Bold Skimmer photo 5
Photo: Alandmanson, CC BY-SA

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthetrum_stemmale

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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