Record details

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:   3698
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3419AA
Observer:   Kilpin A.G.
Date of record:   2013-02-16
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   a very active hunter on an ivy bush - 100m from a farm dam.
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:08:37
Sp. code:   667890
Species name:   Orthetrum capicola
Common name:   Cape Skimmer
Family:   Libellulidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Two-striped Skimmer
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-3698
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Tarboton W
Comment:   Julia Skimmer (subsp. capicola; W Cape race): male
Date:   2014-04-23 15:06:21
Species name:   Orthetrum julia -- Julia Skimmer
Species code:   667950
Comment number:   2
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   Recently split
Date:   2017-09-23 07:55:10
Species name:   Orthetrum capicola -- Cape Skimmer
Species code:   667890

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