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Black-tailed Skimmer
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Black-tailed Skimmer

Orthetrum cancellatum

The black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) is a dragonfly of Europe and Asia. It occurs nearly all of Europe except northern UK and Scandinavia; to the east, the range extends to Kashmir and Mongolia.

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