Skimmers: Genus Libellula
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Common Whitetail (male)                                      Libellula [Plathemis] lydia
Fulton Ponds
Howard County, Maryland
July 3, 2005
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Common Whitetail (female)                                   Libellula [Plathemis] lydia
Jackson Lane Preserve (TNC)
Caroline County, Maryland
April 25, 2004
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Painted Skimmer (male)                                        Libellula semifasciata
Jackson Lane Preserve (TNC)
Caroline County, Maryland
August 16, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Blue Corporal  (male)                                              Libellula [Ladona] deplanata
Catoctin Mountains
Frederick County, Maryland
May 22, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Chalk-fronted Corporal (male)                              Libellula [Ladona] julia
Catoctin Mountains
Frederick County, Maryland
May 29, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Needham's Skimmer (male)                                 Libellula needhami
Assateague Island National Seashore
Worcester County, Maryland
August 1, 2005
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Blue Corporal  (exuvium)                                       Libellula [Ladona] deplanata
Catoctin Mountains
Frederick County, Maryland
May 22, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Spangled Skimmer (male)                                     Libellula cyanea
Howard County, Maryland
June 26, 2005
Photographer: ZoAnn Lapinsky                          
Spangled Skimmer (female)                                 Libellula cyanea
Howard County, Maryland
June 26, 2005
Photographer: ZoAnn Lapinsky                            
Widow Skimmer (male)                                         Libellula luctuosa
Cattail Pond, Patuxent Research Refuge
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
August 12, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr     
Widow Skimmer (female)                                     Libellula luctuosa
Font Hill Wetland Park
Howard County, Maryland
July 4, 2005
Photographer:  ZoAnn Lapinsky                          
Slaty Skimmer (male)                                             Libellula incesta
Font Hill Wetland Park
Howard County, Maryland
July 4, 2005
Photographer:  ZoAnn Lapinsky                          
Great Blue Skimmer (male)                                   Libellula vibrans
Howard County, Maryland
June 24, 2005
Photographer: ZoAnn Lapinsky                         
Bar-winged Skimmer (male)                                 Libellula axilena
Jackson Lane Preserve (TNC)
Caroline County, Maryland
August 16, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Bar-winged Skimmer (female)                             Libellula axilena
Jackson Lane Preserve (TNC)
Caroline County, Maryland
August 16, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
White Corporal (male)                                            Libellula [Ladona] exusta
Near Bramber Lake
Lacey County, New Jersey
June 12, 1994
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Bar-winged Skimmer (male)                                 Libellula axilena
Swamp near Patapsco River
Carroll County, Maryland
June 4, 1995
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (male)                         Libellula pulchella
McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area
Montgomery County, Maryland
July 19, 1995
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Yellow-sided Skimmer (male)                              Libellula flavida
Patuxent Research Center
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
July 26, 2008
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Yellow-sided Skimmer (young adult)                  Libellula flavida
Pine Barrens
Manchester County, New Jersey
June 13, 1994
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Widow Skimmer (exuvium)                                   Libellula luctuosa
Hunting Creek Lake
Frederick County, Maryland
July 11, 2007
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Great Blue Skimmer (male)                                  Libellula vibrans
Eating a Halictid bee (Augochlorella aurata)
Mattawoman Creek
Charles County, Maryland
July 12, 2008
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Common Whitetail (larva)                                      Libellula (Plathemis) lydia
Farm Pond, West Friendship Park
Howard County, Maryland
26-April-2014
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Golden-winged Skimmer (male)                          Libellula auripennis
Island Pond, Catoctin Mountains
Frederick County, Maryland
June 29, 2014
Photographer:  Richard Orr