About Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
Adults of Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841) reach a body length of 35–40 millimetres (1.4–1.6 inches), with a wingspan of 52–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 inches). Adult males have an orange-reddish abdomen with no black spots on its segments, and yellowish-brown sides on the thorax. Adult females are quite similar to males, but their overall background body color is more yellow. The wings are hyaline, with yellow or pale brown pterostigma. This species is found across most of southern Europe. Its full life cycle lasts two to three years. Adults can be seen from May through mid-October near shallow, well-vegetated still water bodies, where the larvae develop.
