Tag Archives: Great Blue Skimmer

Dragonfly, Perched on a Vine

Two years ago fellow blogger and dragonfly enthusiast Mike Powell (https://michaelqpowell.com/) identified a similar sighting of mine as “probably a juvenile female Great Blue Skimmer.”

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

I’m not much further along identifying dragonflies than I was then, especially females and juveniles.

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

I do like to photograph them even if I don’t know what they are, and liked the three different background options this one gave me.

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 30, 2023

Great Blue Skimmer, Modeling

Great Blue Skimmers have returned to my back yard this year. My patio flowers aren’t nearly as plentiful or colorful as what I had for last year’s visitors.

Great Blue Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer on dried Texas Star Hibiscus stalk

The dragonflies like to perch on dried stalks and plant stakes.

Great Blue Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer, Looking Up

This one let me maneuver around until I had him lined up with a tiny bloom of a purple salvia that provided a bit of accent in the background.

Great Blue Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer

July 2, 2022

Dragonfly Assortment From July

Here we are staring at the door of September and I have dragonfly images left from early July. Time to move them on!

Fence pickets make great perches and are at a great height for photography.

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

On the other side of that fence a piece of rebar attracted a Roseate Skimmer.

Roseate Skimmer
Roseate Skimmer

A slope down into a pond was covered with little flowers and and grass seed heads for perches.

Great Blue Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer

Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
July 7, 2021