June 13, 2021

I am a Libellula vibrans dragonfly

I'm commonly called Great Blue Skimmer

I live in ponds, lakes or streams

And eat insects and bugs for dinner. 

Location: Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area

Sources: I just found out today that One of my favorite resources, https://www.odonatacentral.org/  is now available as an eBird type app. I just downloaded and researched this Skimmer on it. It's free, and it also talks to iNaturalist, so we can load our iNaturalist Odonata sightings to this database. I haven't started using it in earnest yet, but it looks great from what I've seen so far. 

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson