Great Blue Skimmer
Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793
Great Blue Skimmer: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/740
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The largest species of Libellula, the Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) is an impressive, colorful dragonfly closely associated with swamps or ponds within forest, or slower sections of swampy creeks, often with a muck bottom (Paulson, 2011). This skimmer is known from all counties in Maryland except Garrett Co. (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Great blue skimmer

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Libellula
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L. vibrans
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Libellula vibrans
Fabricius, 1793 [2]
Range of L. vibrans [3][4]

The great blue skimmer (Libellula vibrans) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. With a total length of 50 to 63 millimetres (2.0 to 2.5 in), it is one of the largest skimmers. The immature forms of the skimmer are brown in color and mature forms are blue-hued. This species is found near lakes, ponds, and slow streams in the eastern United States[5] and rarely in southern Ontario.[6]

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  1. ^ NatureServe (30 June 2023). "Libellula vibrans". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Libellula vibrans". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Libellula vibrans range map". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  4. ^ "Distribution Viewer". OdonataCentral. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  5. ^ Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 277. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
  6. ^ Pratt, Paul D. (July 2014). "Odonata of Essex County, Ontario". Ojibway Nature Centre. Windsor, Ontario: Department of Parks & Facilities. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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