Great blue skimmer

Great blue skimmer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Libellula
Species: L. vibrans
Binomial name
Libellula vibrans
(Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Range of L. vibrans [2][3]

The great blue skimmer (Libellula vibrans) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. With a total length of 50 to 63 mm, it is one of the largest skimmers. The immature forms of the skimmer are brown in color and mature forms are blue hued. Look for it near lakes, ponds, and slow streams in the eastern United States[4] and rarely in southern Ontario.[5]

References

  1. "Libellula vibrans". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. "Libellula vibrans range map". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  3. "Distribution Viewer". OdonataCentral. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  4. Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 277. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
  5. Odonata of Essex County, Ontario, Ojibway Nature Centre

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