Spangled Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula cyanea)
A bit torn and tattered, but still able to catch insects like this Spotted Cucumber Beetle removed from our garden.
Spangled Skimmers are common in eastern North America as far west as Kansas and Texas. Males are blue. Females are brown with yellow stripes. They prefer well-vegetated ponds and lakes and slow-moving sections of streams. (BugGuide)
Spangled Skimmers are common in eastern North America as far west as Kansas and Texas. Males are blue. Females are brown with yellow stripes. They prefer well-vegetated ponds and lakes and slow-moving sections of streams. (BugGuide)
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He may be a bit torn and tattered, but he's a real beauty!! Such a brilliant blue. Nice capture. ~karen
ReplyDeleteBeautiful capture. This guy has been in some battles.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful species Marvin. Your knowledge about dragonfly is very inspiring. I'm not very happy with my dragonflies identification skills and that's why I always differ posting them on my blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments.
ReplyDeleteBirdy: Without an online resource like BugGuide helping with IDs, I probably wouldn't be able to correctly identify 10% of the insects I post. I think you do a fantastic job of identifying the insects on your blog.
Gotta love the dragonflies. :)
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