Posts Tagged: red flame skimmer

No Sweat

Gotta love those dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.The Thunderbirds of the insect world, they perform amazing aerial maneuvers as they skim over water, catching mosquitoes, knats, flies and other undesirables on the wing.But oh--occasionally they...

Flame skimmer munches on a female sweat bee of the genus Halictus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flame skimmer munches on a female sweat bee of the genus Halictus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flame skimmer is long and lean with huge compound eyes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flame skimmer is long and lean with huge compound eyes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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