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This dragonfly features the standard skimmer body form, and earns its name from the eight black markings on the wings. It is similar to the twelve-spotted skimmer, but lacks the black markings on the wing tips of that species. Males are additionally adorned with a total of eight opaque white spots.
twelve-spotted skimmer: southern Canada and contiguous U.S. states. Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758: four-spotted skimmer or four-spotted chaser: Europe and North America Libellula saturata Uhler, 1857: flame skimmer: Southwestern United States Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839: painted skimmer: New Brunswick, Canada as far south ...
The common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) is a common dragonfly across much of North America, with a striking and unusual appearance.The male's chunky white body (about 5 cm or 2 inches long), combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings, give it a checkered look.
Libellula quadrimaculata, known in Europe as the four-spotted chaser and in North America as the four-spotted skimmer, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found widely throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. The adult stage is found between April and early September in the United Kingdom, and from mid-May to mid-August in Ireland.
About eight to 10 different species account for the lakefront dragonfly swarms, according to Jackson. However, if you spot a dragonfly, it'll most likely be a common green darner, which is among ...
The chasers, darters, skimmers, and perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest family of dragonflies. [2] It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Even if these are excluded (as Silsby does), there remains a family of over 1000 species.
Orthetrum is a large genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. [2] They are commonly referred to as skimmers. The size of adults within the genus ranges from small to large; in Africa, the hindwing ranges in length from 22 to 50 mm. The bodies of adult females and recently emerged males are yellow to brown with black markings;
Orthetrum albistylum is a dragonfly species, which occurs from central and south Europe to China and Japan. Its distribution is often patchy but in many areas it is common. The species has recently spread its range northwards to the Baltic Sea coast in Poland. [2] The common name for this species is white-tailed skimmer. [3]