That may be why dragonflies ... Eastern pondhawk, dot-tailed whiteface, 12-spotted skimmer, widow skimmer, painted skimmer, blue ... They can get up to 4 to 5 inches and they’re bright green or ...

— Widow skimmer, one of 37 species of skimmer dragonflies in Georgia. — Slaty skimmer, mostly dark blue or nearly black (males); common statewide. — Eastern pond hawk, very common.

The most lethal predator in the animal world is migrating by the thousands through the Lowcountry and the region right now — and you likely don’t pay it much mind.

The Ohio Dragonfly Survey, which began in 2017, is in its third and final season of field work, ... They include blue-faced meadowhawk, great blue skimmer, lilypad forktail and slaty skimmer.

A male’s abdomen is usually red, blue, green or white, but the female’s abdomen may differ in color or have a lackluster hue. A dragonfly's head has big, shiny eyes, while the thorax holds six ...

These – as well as the non-migratory twelve-spotted skimmer – comprise the majority of the dragonflies swarming this week in Wisconsin. The common green darner adults will fly south, mate, lay ...

A blue dasher dragonfly. (Ernie Cowan / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) Dragonflies also have two large eyes that look like a helmet on their head, while the damselfly has two separated eyes.

Move over, ladybugs. Delaware now has a state dragonfly: the blue dasher. The state Dragonfly Project, launched by Sen. Stephanie Hansen, D-Middletown, in March, asked students and teachers to ...