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Male flame skimmers are known for their entirely red or dark orange body, this includes eyes, legs, and even wing veins. Females are usually a medium or darker brown with some thin, yellow markings. This particular type of skimmer varies in size but is generally measured somewhere between 2 and 3 inches (5.1 and 7.6 cm) long.
Rhionaeschna californica, the California darner, is a species of darner in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae.It is commonly found in Central America, along the West Coast of the United States, and in Southwestern Canada.
The red-veined meadowhawk is a medium-sized dragonfly, but it is large for its genus, Sympetrum. It has a length of 1 5/8 to 1 13/16 inches (40 to 45 mm). The abdomen of the red-veined meadowhawk is quite slender. The red-veined meadowhawk is distinguished from other Sympetrum species by the gold to red clouding of its wings and red wing veins ...
The frons and the thorax are red-brown. The eyes are brown above and blue/grey below. [8] The wings have red veins and the wing bases of the hind-wings are yellow. [8] The pterostigma is pale yellow with a border of black veins. [8] [6] Female are similar but the abdomen is ochre yellow, [8] not red, with two black lines along each side. [8]
The variegated meadowhawk is a small to medium-sized dragonfly with a slender abdomen, often reaching a length of 1 5 / 8" (41 mm) to 1 11 / 12" (49 mm). The male is commonly dark brownish black with an abdomen of bright red, pink, and golden brown. The thorax may be marked with a pair of yellow dots on each side.
Massive wildfires continue to spread in the Los Angeles area amid extreme winds, including the Palisades Fire, which has exploded to nearly 20,000 acres, and the Eaton Fire, which has scorched ...
Drone photos from the California Department of Water Resources show just how big a difference a recent series of storms, brought on by 11 atmospheric rivers, has made.
It is a species of skimmer belonging to Libellulidae, one of the largest dragonfly families in the world. Along with Brachymesia gravida and B. herbida , two closely related species within the same genus, B. furcata is often found in semi-aquatic habitats distributed throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, Argentina, West India, Mexico, and ...