Common blue skimmer Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/common-blue-skimmer Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:20:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Common blue skimmer https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/odonata-dragonfly-damselfly/common-blue-skimmer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-blue-skimmer https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/odonata-dragonfly-damselfly/common-blue-skimmer#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2021 06:42:48 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=3376 Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk. Wikipedia All dragonfly species have excellent vision. Each compound eye is comprised of several thousand elements known as facets or ommatidiaDragonflies (and bees) have the largest compound eyes of any insect; each containing up […]

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]]> Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk. Wikipedia

All dragonfly species have excellent vision. Each compound eye is comprised of several thousand elements known as facets or ommatidiaDragonflies (and bees) have the largest compound eyes of any insect; each containing up to 30,000 facets, and the eyes cover most of the insect’s head GrrlScientist

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