Dragonflies - Anisoptera
(PART 1) / (PART 2) / (PART 3) / (PART 4) / (PART 5)
Another one, thank you. Another one, thank you. Another one . . . yeah, so me making series on awesome species I come across, is becoming a trend. Now I am hyperfixating on dragonflies with their awesome bright colours So, sit back, relax, and enjoy these gorgeous beauties.
For this part, I really tried to find pictures highlighting the eyes of the dragonflies because they are just so pretty ! !
Also, the information on the distribution of these species, I sourced from iNaturalist.
Zebra Clubtail - Stylurus scudderi
(Canada, U.S.A.)
Yellow-veined Widow - Palpopleura jucunda
(Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa)
Northern Julia Skimmer - Orthetrum julia ssp. falsum
(Ghana, Cameroon, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenia)
Violet Dropwing - Trithemis annulata
(France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Türkiye, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, the continent Africa)
Red Groundling - Brachythemis lacustris
(The countries south of Senegal, Mali, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, excluding Madagascar)
