"Big Red" a Big Red [aka Flame] Skimmer, king of the pond '96. [The DSA (Dragonfly Society
of the Americas) came up with common names for dragonflies in August `96, after this first
paragraph was written. The new common name is "Flame Skimmer"]
"Big Red" a Big Red [aka Flame] Skimmer, king of the pond '96. [The DSA (Dragonfly Society
of the Americas) came up with common names for dragonflies in August `96, after this first
paragraph was written. The new common name is "Flame Skimmer"]
The shot below is, I believe, `Son of Big Red '96': Big Red '97! Flame Skimmers are fairly large, approx. two and a half inches long and quite common at ponds west of Kansas. They are an orange-red color and up close I love to watch their whole abdomen contract and expand as they breathe.
