Sympetrum sinaiticum

Recorded in 21 10km squares to the end of 2015.

I saw them for the first time in 2013 at Laguna Chica and near Torrox Costa. In September 2015 I arrived just after early autumn rains and I saw them at 13 sites and by the end of 2019 had seen them on 67 occasions at 38 sites.

Male

Desert Darter male
Desert Darter male

Female

https://sites.google.com/site/localpatch/libelulas-de-malaga/sympetrum-sinaiticum/600D_10399.jpg
https://sites.google.com/site/localpatch/libelulas-de-malaga/sympetrum-sinaiticum/600D_10400.jpg

Pair

https://sites.google.com/site/localpatch/libelulas-de-malaga/sympetrum-sinaiticum/600D_10446.jpg
https://sites.google.com/site/localpatch/libelulas-de-malaga/sympetrum-sinaiticum/600D_11051.jpg