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Keeled Skimmer
(Orthetrum coerulescens)
Fabricius (1798)
Skimmers (Libellulidae)
KESK
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Lille Blåpil (dk)
Libélula Cobalto (es)
Mindre Sjötrollslända (se)
Synonyms: Heathland Skimmer (uk)
Subspecies
coerulescens
Central and northern Europe. Characteristics only from male secondary genitalia.
anceps
S Europe and Mediterranean region toward the east. Characteristics only from male secondary genitalia.
Measurements:
To 36-45mm
Ab 23-28mm
Hw 28-37mm
Flight period:
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Identification:
Life stages:
Distribution:
Most of Europe; absent parts of British Isles, the northern part of Fennoscandinavia. Localized Baltic states and near-european Russia. Also present N Africa and patchily Turkey and the Middle East through WC Asian states to west of China. In Denmark mainly present in central Jylland.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
LC in Denmark. LC in Europe and globally. In Denmark the species was rediscovered in 2006 in Jylland, and has been stable and even expanding ever since. Mainly northward in Jylland with a few records north of Limfjorden so far. Also a few records on Fyn.
Comment:
Measurements: Billqvist 2019+2023 has Hw 33-37mm and Dijkstra & Schröter 2020 has it to 28-33mm!?
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947
(3 photos)
2022-07-12 Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden Imago ♀ Young individual. Typical with long orange wingmarks, yellow on the front wing, strong shoulder stripes and a thin black line running down on top of the abdomen. Several individuals were seen, but we were not aware of the species before it revealed itself when revising photos. This of course because it is a new species for me. |
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1740
(3 photos)
2023-07-08 Jenskær (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago ♂ New dk species. I think I would have expected it to be found in a drier habitat than here in the lush vegetation along a running stream. Here quickly consuming a fly of some sort. |
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1741
(2 photos)
2023-07-08 Jenskær (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago ♂ |
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1742
(3 photos)
2023-07-08 Jenskær (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago ♂ |