CHOG Odonata Photographic Archive

Keeled Skimmer

• Length about 45 mm
• Wingspan about 60 mm
• Distinguished from Black-tailed Skimmer by the thin dark line (“keel”) down the centre of the abdomen (none in Black-tailed), the orange wing spots (black in Black-tailed), and the only partial blackish tip to the abdomen (black on last three segments in Black-tailed)