#3726 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Slender Skimmer

🇳🇱 Slanke oeverlibel ·Orthetrum sabina

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jeevan jose · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Amber Brodie · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Richard Ong · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Deny Wahyudi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia:© oldman19510 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 42XG+HM Paddy fields, Kumarghat, Tripura 799264, India:© Ujjal Kishor De · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Botanic Gardens Singapore:© Ally Yu · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Tiaro, Queensland, Australia:© Nigel Main · CC BY 4.0
9. © Goofy Ko · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Anindilyakwa NT 0822, Australia:© waterpenny1 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Orthetrum sabina , the slender skimmer or green marsh hawk , is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread, being found from south-eastern Europe and North Africa to Japan and south to Australia and Micronesia. Adults are grayish to greenish yellow with black and pale markings. It is very similar to Orthetrum serapia in appearance, with both species appearing in northern Australia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 31,123iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
31,123 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Dru Drury in 1770 (256 years ago).