Widow Skimmer Among The Reeds
by Sharon McConnell
Title
Widow Skimmer Among The Reeds
Artist
Sharon McConnell
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art, Photography, Photo Painting
Description
I noticed this male Widow Skimmer dragonfly perched in the reeds at the edge of a pond as I was looking for water birds one summer day. He reminded me of a winged warrior, on guard and ready to strike at an unseen enemy.
Widow Skimmer is one of the group of dragonflies known as king skimmers. The nymphs live in the water, molting and growing until they are ready to emerge from the water and then molting a final time to reveal their wings. Mature males develop a white area beyond the basal dark stripe that extends to the wing apex. The legs are black. The caudal appendages are black. The color of the abdomen darkens in both sexes and becomes powder pruinose blue in males. No other skimmer has broad wing bands in both the fore- and hindwings.
Copyright 2019 Sharon McConnell; all rights reserved.
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September 11th, 2019
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