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Skimmer Dragonflies

Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis
Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis		 Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis (male)
Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis (male)		 Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis (female eating a Meadowhawk)
Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis (female eating a Meadowhawk)		 Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis (female eating a crane fly)
Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis (female eating a crane fly)		 Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis
Eastern Pondhawk - Erythemis simplicollis		 Seaside Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax berenice
Seaside Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax berenice
Seaside Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax berenice (female)
Seaside Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax berenice (female)		 Seaside Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax berenice (male)
Seaside Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax berenice (male)		 Golden-winged Skimmer - Libellula auripennis
Golden-winged Skimmer - Libellula auripennis		 Golden-winged Skimmer - Libellula auripennis
Golden-winged Skimmer - Libellula auripennis		 Golden-winged Skimmer - Libellula auripennis (male)
Golden-winged Skimmer - Libellula auripennis (male)		 Spangled Skimmer - Libellula cyanea (imm male)
Spangled Skimmer - Libellula cyanea (imm male)
Spangled Skimmer - Libellula cyanea (male)
Spangled Skimmer - Libellula cyanea (male)		 Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta (imm male)
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta (imm male)		 Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta		 Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta		 Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta		 Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta (old female)
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta (old female)
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta (old female)
Slaty Skimmer - Libellula incesta (old female)		 Widow Skimmer - Libellula luctuosa (female)
Widow Skimmer - Libellula luctuosa (female)		 Common Whitetail - Libellula lydia (female)
Common Whitetail - Libellula lydia (female)		 Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia (immature male)
Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia (immature male)		 Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia
Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia		 Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella (male)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella (male)		 Four-spotted Skimmer - Libellula quadrimaculata (male)
Four-spotted Skimmer - Libellula quadrimaculata (male)		 Four-spotted Skimmer - Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Skimmer - Libellula quadrimaculata		 Four-spotted Skimmer - Libellula quadrimaculata (male)
Four-spotted Skimmer - Libellula quadrimaculata (male)		 Painted Skimmer - Libellula semifasciata (female)
Painted Skimmer - Libellula semifasciata (female)		 Painted Skimmer - Libellula semifasciata (male)
Painted Skimmer - Libellula semifasciata (male)
Great Blue Skimmer - Libellula vibrans (male)
Great Blue Skimmer - Libellula vibrans (male)		 Great Blue Skimmer - Libellula vibrans (male)
Great Blue Skimmer - Libellula vibrans (male)		 Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (female)
Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (female)		 Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (female)
Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (female)		 Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (male)
Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (male)		 Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (female)
Elfin Skimmer - Nannothemis bella (female)
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis (male)
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis (male)		 Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis (male)
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis (male)		 Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis (female)
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis (female)		 Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis		 Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis		 Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis		 Eastern Amberwing - Perithemis tenera (male)
Eastern Amberwing - Perithemis tenera (male)		 Eastern Amberwing - Perithemis tenera (female)
Eastern Amberwing - Perithemis tenera (female)		 Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.		 Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.		 Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.		 Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.		 Libellula sp.
Libellula sp.		 Libellulidae larva
Libellulidae larva		 IMG_7152.JPG
IMG_7152.JPG		 IMG_7153.JPG
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IMG_7155.JPG		 IMG_7158.JPG
IMG_7158.JPG		 IMG_7203.JPG
IMG_7203.JPG		 IMG_7261.JPG
IMG_7261.JPG		 Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia
Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia		 Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia
Common Whitetail - Plathemis lydia

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judy 13-Jul-2011 12:10
it's the wings that I look at first, and you saved me a ton of work by identifying and naming. I now know that I have a twelve spotted skimmer in my back yard. It's so easy to photograph them; like a lot of birds they return to the same 'roost' repeatedly.

Nice work, tom murray
Graham Tomlin11-Sep-2005 01:00
good picture
dick lee31-Jul-2004 22:07
Wow! Excellent collection and photos, Tom. Really liked the larvae break-out series, nice work. Especially appreciate the work on identifications. Thanks!
Guest 07-Jun-2004 01:17
Someone likes skimmers... either way, the photos are nice, clear and colorful.
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