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Randy L Emmitt

Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)

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$Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans (male)\nPhoto taken in Orange Co., NC on July 31, 2002.$ $Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans (male)\nPhoto taken in Orange Co., NC on July 31, 2002.$ $Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans (immature male)\nPhoto taken in Brunswick Co., NC on June 22, 2003.$ $Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans (immature female)\nPhoto taken at Ten Acre Pond in Centre Co., PA on June 10, 2005.$ $Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans (female) \nTaken in the Butner Gamelands in the Brickhouse Road section of the gamelands in Durham Co., NC on July 18, 2004.$

I used to think of this species as the one that perches on my truck antennae everywhere I go, until this year I have been finding Slatey Skimmers doing it as well.

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