Eight-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly

Female Eight-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-20T06:11:07-05:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Davis County, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, cattails, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eight-spotted Skimmer, Eight-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly, female, Glover Pond, Libellula forensis, male, marsh, mountains, odonata, perched, pond, resting, riparian habitat, skimmer, skimmers, summer, wetlands|

Earlier this week my last subject of the morning was a female Eight-spotted Skimmer dragonfly that landed in front of me next to a creek in the mountains.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly – Other Things With Wings

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-19T15:27:14-05:00July 17th, 2020|Categories: Box Elder County, Davis County, Eight-spotted Skimmers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonflies, Utah|Tags: adult, desert, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eight-spotted Skimmer, Eight-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly, Great Basin, Libellula forensis, Libellula pulchella, odonata, perched, resting, seep, skimmer, skimmers, Twelve-Spotted Skimmer, Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly|

Five days ago I photographed a lifer dragonfly when I found a male Twelve-spotted Skimmer that was hanging around a spring-fed seep next to a gravel road in Box Elder County.