species 6,199 observations

Painted Skimmer

Libellula semifasciata

Field notes

Libellula semifasciata, the painted skimmer, is an uncommon eastern North American skimmer dragonfly, found from New Brunswick, Canada as far south as Texas and Florida.

It is a medium-sized species, at 43 mm (1.7 in) long. Each wing is amber coloured at the base and wing tip and has several brown spots. The abdomen has a lateral strip that is white anteriorly and yellow posteriorly.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided