Nesciothemis farinosa
# Nesciothemis farinosa

Nesciothemis farinosa (Eastern Blacktail) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

## Common Names

Common names for this species include Eastern Blacktail, Black-tailed Skimmer (not to be confused with the European and Asian species of the same name, Orthetrum cancellatum), Black-tailed Dancer, Black-tailed False-skimmer and Common Blacktail.

## Distribution and status

It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.

## Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

## Gallery

* Teneral male
* Immature male
* Male
* Mature male
* Old male
* Teneral female
* Female
* mature female
* mature female
* Old female 3
* Female side showing face and darkened wing-tips
* Eastern Female view from the top showing darkened wing-tips
