widow skimmer

This is the female I believe.

Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa: Libellulidae) Male, species sexually dimorphic. This species of dragonfly ranges from 2.4-3.2 cm (0.9-1.3 in) long. Photographed in Tyler State Park, Smith County, Texas, USA. Pineywoods Vegetational Area. Mixed pine hardwood forest at ca. 340 ft elevation.

Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa: Libellulidae) female, species sexually dimorphic. This species of dragonfly ranges from 2.4-3.2 cm (0.9-1.3 in) long. Photographed in Tyler State Park, Smith County, Texas, USA. Pineywoods Vegetational Area. Mixed pine hardwood forest at ca. 340 ft elevation.

Widow Skimmer (Libellula lactuosa: Libellulidae) This species of dragonfly has a total length of 3.8-5.0 cm (1.5-2.0 in). Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed along Carter Creek Nature Trail, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Carter Creek riparian (flood plain) dominated by...

Widow Skimmer (Libellula lactuosa: Libellulidae) This species of dragonfly has a total length of 3.8-5.0 cm (1.5-2.0 in). Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwood forest dominated by cedar elm and water oak with...

I was booked to go on an excursion out to the Farallon Islands today. Humpback whales, various dolphins and pinnipeds, rhinoceros auklets, tufted penguins, murres and murrelets. Got up at 4:30 am, got to the harbor in good time ... excursion was cancelled due to high winds out at the Farallons...

He's at the same pond near Canyonville, OR as the Blue Dasher. This day Herbert's Pond was teeming with those two species. My best Widow shot to-date.

one of the many species of the dragonflys of missouri.

I usually see about one of these each season at my local neighborhood wild pond, and it usually has to be digiscoped from across the pond some 15-20 yards.. don't know why that is, but happened again this yr. Of interest in this species of skimmer is the very broad hind wing, and the evidence on...