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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Nannothemis » Elfin Skimmer (Nannothemis bella)
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Elfin Skimmer - Sussex County, NJ - Nannothemis bella - male
Copyright © 2010 Allen Barlow

Elfin Skimmer - Sussex County, NJ - Nannothemis bella - Male
Walpack Township, Delaware River Nat'l Recreation Area. Lake Success adjacent to Crater Lake., Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
June 29, 2010
A very abundant species here.
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Contributed by Allen Barlow on 10 July, 2010 - 6:54am

Wow - how fortunate
We see them so rarely around here :(
… john and jane balaban, 10 July, 2010 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

 
easily overlooked
They are so tiny that they are easy to miss. It is very common in the New Jersey Pine Barrens but quite local and uncommon in the northern counties. Always a treat to see them!
… Allen Barlow, 10 July, 2010 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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