#3744 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Slaty Skimmer

Libellula incesta

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Linda Gail Price · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Anita · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
5. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
6. © Dave Eib · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Grand Junction, CO, USA:© gquittner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. New Brunswick E1G, Canada:© sebastienbenoit · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Turkey Point, ON N0E 1T0, Canada:© Lucas liu · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Burton Wetlands - Pond Rd. - Geauga Cty.:© Jim Heflich · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Libellula incesta , the slaty skimmer , is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. 08 in) long. Mature males are dark blue with black heads. Females and juveniles have brown abdomens with a darker stripe down their backs. Adults fly from June to August.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 43,120iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
43,120 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1861 (165 years ago).