Distribution: from the Red Sea to Southern Japan, Tahiti and the Society Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, and New Caledonia.
May be confused with Odonus niger, which has a very similar distribution.
at Marsa Mubarak (Egypt) © bruno56
at Coral Beach (Israel)
at Ras Katy (Egypt) © louis-thuia
at Ras Um Sid / El Fanar Beach (Egypt) © anne
at Îlot Amédée (New Caledonia)
at Baie des Citrons (New Caledonia) © curly98
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