Orthetrum brunneum (male)
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Dutch name:	Zuidelijke oeverlibel
Photo taken near Vienne, France, 9th of July 2001

Note: Much more blue than Orthetrum cancellatum or O. albistylum. Can only be mistaken for O. coerulescens. Differences: O. brunneum has a white or blueish face, red pterostigmas, mature males always have a pruinose thorax and no antehumeral stripes. O. coerulescens has a brownish face, yellowish pterostigmas, rarely a densely pruinose thorax and grey antehumeral stripes.

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