| File information |
| Album description: | Those pesky little creatures that irritate all of us.
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| Keywords: | skimmer two-striped-skimmer white-lined-skimmer insecta odonata libellulidae orthetrum orthetrum-caffrum baakens-valley baakens-river port-elizabeth south-africa |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Orthetrum |
| Species: | Orthetrum caffrum |
| Distribution: | Throughout most of South Africa but absent from the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Kalahari |
| Habitat: | Areas with freshwater, shrubland, grassland and montane forest |
| Status: | Common |
| Size: | 4.50 cm |
| Image Location: | Baakens River off Thomas Road, Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Co-ordinates: | 33°58'04.01" S - 25°35'19.65" E |
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern |
| Year of IUCN Evaluation: | 2006 |
| IUCN Status Justification: | Assessed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category |
| Afrikaans name: | Witstreepskeerder |
| File Size: | 94 KB |
| Date added: | May 19, 2008 |
| Dimensions: | 600 x 600 pixels |
| Displayed: | 172 times |
| Exposure Bias: | 0 EV |
| Exposure Mode: | 0 |
| Exposure Time: | 1/240 sec |
| FNumber: | f 4.5 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Focal length: | 28.1 mm |
| Focus Mode: | Auto |
| ISO: | 64 |
| Max Aperture: | f 3.5 |
| Model: | FinePix S5700 S700 |
| Quality: | J94371FINE |
| Resolution Unit: | Inch |
| Scene Capture Mode: | 0 |
| Sharpness: | Normal |
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