Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
 A medium-sized dragonfly with relatively broad, flattened abdomen, but not as broad as the two chaser species.
Mature males have a fairly dull, often dirty-looking blue abdomen with pale yellow spots on the sides.
Immature males and females are unmistakable, being mostly yellow with black vertical stripes.
Status of Black-tailed Skimmer in Leicestershire & Rutland
Number of occupied 2km grid squares in Leicestershire & Rutland, up to the end of 2004: 79/720
The Black-tailed Skimmer, a species with a marked preference for recently created pools, was first recorded in Leicestershire & Rutland as recently as 1987.
Since then it has become well established over the whole of the county and is now considered fairly common. |
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Distribution Map
Black-tailed Skimmer 2004 |
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Black-tailed Skimmer Habitat
Male Black-tailed Skimmers are one of the more obvious and approachable of the county's odonata, often basking on bare waterside banks, in particular at recently dug ponds and gravel pits. Females are less bold and not encountered as regularly.
Flight period of Black-tailed Skimmer
Black-tailed Skimmer Photo Gallery
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