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title: "Black-tailed Skimmer"
description: "Orthetrum cancellatum — Insetti e ragni. The black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) is a dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-tailed-skimmer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-tailed Skimmer

> Orthetrum cancellatum — Insetti e ragni. The black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)  is a dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae.

- Scientific name: *Orthetrum cancellatum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 49316
- Wikidata: [Q913064](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913064)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62067](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62067)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Skimmer
- de: Großer Blaupfeil
- es: Centinela colinegra
- fr: Orthétrum réticulé
- nl: Gewone oeverlibel
- pl: Lecicha pospolita

## Countries with the most observations

DE (8029), FR (7085), RU (4653), IT (4616), GB (4248), ES (2193), NL (1776), AT (1678), PL (1490), UA (1433), DK (1430), CZ (1108)

## Summary

The black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)  is a dragonfly belonging to the family Libellulidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_skimmer

## Photo

![Black-tailed Skimmer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-skimmer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rosie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172716149

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tailed-skimmer?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).