Uracis Imbuta Dragonfly Species Looking At You Stock Photography

This is an Uracis imbuta dragonfly species, Libellulidae family. Common name: tropical woodskimmer. Found from Mexico to Brazil. Uracis species are medium-sized dragonflies and grow to be 28 to 40 millimeters tall. The color of the abdomen of colored males is mostly bluish with a grayish-white coating. The part of the thorax to which the wings attach, the so-called pterothorax, is grayish, but with age it takes on the same bluish hue as the abdomen. The wings are transparent except for the brownish tinted wing tips. Observed near Cerro Cahuí Protected Biotope, Petén department, Guatemala.