Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
»
Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
»
Skimmers (Libellulidae)
»
Libellula
»
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
Photo#1344990
Copyright © 2017
Kala King
Male Slaty Skimmer? -
Libellula incesta
-
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
August 2, 2016
Found at White Rock lake, Sunset Bay, mid morning. It has a snack, looks like a katydid head, or grasshopper head.
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
Kala King
on 7 March, 2017 - 9:39pm
Last updated 25 October, 2017 - 9:20am
Moved
Moved from
Skimmers
.
…
William Edwards
, 25 October, 2017 - 9:20am
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
…
John S. Ascher
, 9 March, 2017 - 6:48pm
login
or
register
to post comments
probably Libellula incesta
This definitely a male
Libellula
, but it's hard to tell without another photo whether it's
L. incesta.
…
Will Kuhn
, 8 March, 2017 - 7:18pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Only one
Unfortunately it did not like having its meal disturbed and left so I only got the one photo. Mostly I was going by the fact that in the past I have photographed confirmed slaty skimmers in the same location.
…
Kala King
, 8 March, 2017 - 8:54pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.