Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Golden-winged Skimmer

Libellula auripennis

Burmeister, 1839

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Skimmers Libellulidae Family
Tawny Pennant Brachymesia herbida Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina Checkered Setwing Dythemis fugax Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta Golden-winged Skimmer Libellula auripennis Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera	Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata Blue-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum ambiguum Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes Ruby Meadowhawk Sympetrum rubicundulum Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum Striped Saddlebags Tramea darwini Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta	The Golden-winged Skimmer male has an orange face, stigma, wing veins and abdomen. In females and young males, those areas are yellow and there are two stripes on each side of the thorax. They perch on weed tips at water's edge. It has been found only once in Cherry County in September of 1960.
		Golden-winged Skimmer
		Size: 51-58 mm (2.0-2.3 in) Habitat: grassy ponds and lakes Great Plains Range: TX, OK, NE Flight season: ?
		Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph). Yellow indicates sight record only.

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