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Rock Skimmer

 

genus: Paltothemis

Rock Skimmers

Only one species is classified in this genus and is medium in size.  The thorax is olive brown in coloration and the abdomen is patterned with rusty red and black.  The inner wings show also show a rusty red coloration near the nodus and the stigmas are dark.  Face and eyes  rusty red.

Females thorax is tan with brown, also with a patterned abdomen.  Unlike the male Rock Skimmer, the female has no red color to the wings or body.

Rock Skimmers can be found often perched on rocks in small mountain streams in oak and pine forests or just flittering about over shorelines.

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