Orthemis schmidti
Orthemis schmidti, also known by its common name red-tailed skimmer is a species from the genus Orthemis. The species was originally described in 1950 by Karl Friedrich Buchholz. Description Orthemis schmidti has a reddish-brown forehead that stands out at the front. Its face is an olive-ocher color with a reddish-brown border. The upper lip is reddish-brown with a black edge, and the lower lip has a greenish spot in the middle. Its body has different colors too. The first part after the head, called the prothorax, is reddish-brown. The middle part called the thorax, is dark reddish-brown and shines a little bit like purplish-black. On the sides of the thorax, there are thin yellow lines. The insect also has yellow spots on its sides. The front legs and hips are a dark ocher color, while the back legs are a dark brownish-red. The feet are black. The third leg segment has small, pointy teeth that get bigger lower down, and there's a little spine at the end. The insect's body is strong and gets slimmer towards the end. The top of the body is reddish-brown, and the sides of the first and second parts are yellowish. There's a thin yellow