abdominal segment

There is also a white band across the first abdominal segment.

There is a dark brown band at the end of each abdominal segment.

Males are green with blue on abdominal segments 8 and 9.

The first two and last three abdominal segments are also spotted with black.

In some cases, there are tiny hooks on abdominal segments three through six.

They have a large last abdominal segment and a tiny forked head.

In some species the two posterior abdominal segments are reduced.

There is also a dark dorsal spot on the last abdominal segment.

They are usually found on the eighth abdominal segment.

Females have a scent scale patch on their 7th abdominal segment.

The last leg falls short of the penultimate abdominal segment.

The females have two prominent spines under the last abdominal segment.

A female can be identified from male by her six abdominal segments, whereas males have eight.

The last two abdominal segments have yellow patches on the outer edges.

The first abdominal segment has a yellow band which is sometimes obsolescent.

On the male slender bluet his abdominal segments 8 and 9 are blue.

Every side of abdominal segments eight and nine has a spine that points out away from the abdomen.

The last abdominal segment bears two black spines, which have many small hairs on them.

They are brown with a thin black band across each abdominal segment and a dark brown head.

At rest, the abdominal segments are often looped upward.

Abdominal segments 3-6 and 10 each bear a pair of legs that are more fleshy.

There are raised black and white markings on the second and last abdominal segments.

The posterior margins of the abdominal segments are whitish above.

On each side of abdominal segments six through nine, there is a single, rear-facing spine.

The wings are often dusky and the second abdominal segment may be translucent.