Bar-winged Skimmer
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
- - - Genus: Libellula
- - - - Species: axilena
The Bar-winged Skimmer is found mostly in the eastern US and with the westernmost populations in eastern Texas. A vagrant male was unexpectedly discovered by Troy Hibbitts on 1 August 2020 at Bear Creek, Huachuca Mountains. This observation provides the first record of the species for Arizona.
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Bar-winged Skimmer, Male, Northern Florida, 21 May 2019
Bar-winged Skimmer, Male, Maple Flats, Virginia, 11 June 2017
Bar-winged Skimmer, Immature male, Northern Florida, 21 May 2019
