Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758    Synonyms: Four-spotted Chaser.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Odonata   >   Family Libellulidae   >   Genus Libellula   

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Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) is a northern species of skimmer, found across northern North America, and also ranging across Eurasia. This species is included on the Maryland list based on one historic record (county apparently unknown), and probably a transient individual (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

There are 0 records in the project database.

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A Four-spotted Skimmer in Monroe Co., Pennsylvania (6/26/2012). Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Skimmer at 1000 Acre Heath, Maine (7/1/2010). There is only one historical record for Four-spotted Skimmer in Maryland. Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)


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