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great blue skimmer

great blue skimmer (Libellula vibrans) [immature female] [male]
Female Photo © Mary Kay Rubey

Features and Behaviors

​Coming soon.

Illinois Range

Taxonomy

​Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae

Illinois Status

​common, native