4 Spot Skimmer Dragonfly

4 Spot Skimmer Dragonfly

Orange Skimmer Dragonfly
4 Spot Skimmer Dragonfly Pendant

One of the most recognizable orders of insect is the Odonata which encompasses both Dragonflies and Damselflies. There are some 5,500 identified North American species in the order and over 450 of these are found throughout the United States and Canada alone. Dragonflies are the more common of the two and both share many of the same physical characteristics and behaviors. Odonates are found near fresh water sources and are active on pleasant sunny days. Color patterns vary as do wing designs and lengths can run as long as 5 inches (as with the 'Giant Darner'). Bulging eyes are set to the sides of the head and each contains thousands of honeycomb-shaped lenses providing excellent vision with moving targets. Six legs are utilized for grabbing pray or clasping onto reeds and plants. Wings are noticeably veined and appear as two pairs of straight appendages emanating from the spine.
There are a total of 31Dragonflies and Damselflies in the Insect Identification database. Entries are listed below in alphabetical order (A-to-Z).

Orange Skimmer Dragonfly

Orange Skimmer Dragonfly
4 Spot Skimmer Dragonfly Pendant
One of the most recognizable orders of insect is the Odonata which encompasses both Dragonflies and Damselflies. There are some 5,500 identified North American species in the order and over 450 of these are found throughout the United States and Canada alone. Dragonflies are the more common of the two and both share many of the same physical characteristics and behaviors. Odonates are found near fresh water sources and are active on pleasant sunny days. Color patterns vary as do wing designs and lengths can run as long as 5 inches (as with the 'Giant Darner'). Bulging eyes are set to the sides of the head and each contains thousands of honeycomb-shaped lenses providing excellent vision with moving targets. Six legs are utilized for grabbing pray or clasping onto reeds and plants. Wings are noticeably veined and appear as two pairs of straight appendages emanating from the spine.
There are a total of 31Dragonflies and Damselflies in the Insect Identification database. Entries are listed below in alphabetical order (A-to-Z).
Orange Skimmer Dragonfly4 Spot Skimmer Dragonfly Pendant0163 Forester Moth (4) 0164 Cistus Forester (4) 0169 Six-spot Burnet (2) 0171 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet (3) 0196 Morophaga choragella (2) 0247 Tinea trinotella (1) 0283 Caloptilla betulicola (2) 0288 Caloptilla stigmatella (2) 0289 Caloptilia falconipennella (1) 0293 Caloptilia syringella (1) 0332a Phyllonorycter leucographella (1) 0382. The Four Spot Skimmer Dragonfly is the state Insect of Alaska. Or 139 products. Three different species, Four-spotted Skimmers (Libellula quadrimaculata), Eight-spotted Skimmers (Libellula forensis), Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella), use the number of wing spots as their naming convention. Twelve-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly The dragonfly population, which had been some stagnant mostly due to the late winter that we had, seemed to explode in the middle of June. This was a good thing, as the birding had gotten a bit stagnant after the migration and there were few butterflies around to photograph.