wildlife around us: male Needham’s Skimmer dragonfly

Sunday, June 24, 2012

I read that red dragonflies can be very hard to identify. As far as I can tell…this might be a male Needham’s Skimmer.

It looked much more red in real life. I checked www.BugGuide.net and there was a picture of the Needham’s Skimmer and they looked the same to me.

It claimed this stick by the birdbath as it’s own.

ElaineJune 28, 2012 at 12:00 AM
He's a real beauty! You have a lot more varieties of dragonflies in Florida. We only have 30 varieties in Alaska.
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