Slender Blue Skimmer

Orthetrum luzonicum · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

Also called: Tricolored Marsh Hawk

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Slender Blue Skimmer
Photo: jeevan jose, CC BY

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a yellow-green thorax marked by brown stripes. Its wings are clear, even at the base, and the abdomen shows a powdery azure blue toward the end. It lives and breeds in marshes and swampy plains across many Asian countries.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The thorax is yellowish-green with brown stripes. Wings are transparent, including the base. The abdomen is pruinosed with azure blue on the last segments.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized dragonfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It breeds in marshes and swampy areas on plains.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is widespread in many Asian countries.

Source: Wikipedia

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_luzonicum

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

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