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brownish dragonfly (Twelve-spotted Skimmer, female)

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Twelve-spotted Skimmer, female
by: Moni

Nancy
This dragonfly is a skimmer - a Twelve-spotted Skimmer, but until a professional Odonatist (S. Hummel) was consulted, I could not figure out which one.
As he observed - from your photo with the black background you can not see the black spots on the wings, but since he knew what he was looking for we have a positive ID.

Was this photo taken at night with a flash?

These skimmers are found thru out North America into Mexico. As expected they are found around ponds and lakes...and frog ponds :-). They feed on small flying insects...hopefully eating mosquitoes from your yard!
The young are nymphs that live in water feeding on mosquito larva and other small insects.


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