Orthetrum villosovittatum

Fiery Skimmer at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Orthetrum villosovittatum	Yesterday	KorinneM
	Unverified	21 May 2025	MazzV

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Apologies for these less-than-ideal photos. I suspect this may be the female of the species at sighting 4670126, or it may be an entirely different dragonfly. This one has a dull red-orange coloured abdomen, and the head and thorax are a similar bronze-brown to that of sighting 4670126. It looks like there could be a pale yellow dorsal band on the thorax, but I can’t be sure that it is not the light playing on the metallic sheen of the bronze-brown.

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Location information

Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Latest Dragonflies (Anisoptera) Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Insects

Additional information

grevillea stem Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Orthetrum villosovittatum Scientific name
Fiery Skimmer Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 700m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania