Orthetrum sabina (green skimmer)

Family libellulidae

Often seen at ground level, the Orthetrum sabina (green skimmer) likes perching on shore plants among underbrush. Its thorax and abdomen are black and white variegated, with its seventh to ninth segments bulging and the fourth to sixth extra long. Its compound eyes are dark green.

　　Photographed by Shih Po-han