Blue-tailed Forest Hawk

Orthetrum triangulare · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

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Blue-tailed Forest Hawk
Photo: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY

The Blue-tailed Forest Hawk is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark face, bluish eyes, a black thorax marked by a wide apple-green stripe on each side, and an abdomen that is partly black and partly covered with a powdery azure-blue sheen. It lives around marshy hill streams where it breeds and is native to Asian freshwater habitats.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark face and bluish eyes.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is an Asian freshwater dragonfly species.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Blue-tailed Forest Hawk photo 2
Photo: Raja bandi, CC BY
Blue-tailed Forest Hawk photo 3
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY
Blue-tailed Forest Hawk photo 4
Photo: Lin Scott, CC BY
Blue-tailed Forest Hawk photo 5
Photo: avocat, CC BY

Questions people ask

What does the Blue-tailed Forest Hawk look like?

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark face, bluish eyes, a black thorax bearing a wide apple-green stripe on each side, and an abdomen that is partly black and partly powdery azure-blue.

Source: Wikipedia

Where is this dragonfly found?

It lives in marshes near hill streams where it breeds and is native to Asian freshwater areas.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthetrum_triangulare

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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