Flight season: early June to mid-September.
Population: common and widespread.
Found at still water habitats such as marshes, ponds and slow flowing stretches of rivers,
often encountered along the marshy north shore of Stoco Lake.
Prefers much the same as conditions as, and generally seen flying with, Twelve-spotted and Slaty Skimmers.
Sometimes seen foraging in fields some distance from water.
Length: about 45 mm to 50 mm.
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Tweed, Ontario, the north shore Stoco Lake, east of the boat pier:
marshy shoreline, relatively shallow water with mud bottom supporting sedges and rushes, pondweeds, Fragrant Water Lily, Blue Flag, Sagittaria spp and Pickerelweed.
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Male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) – one of our most common dragonflies,
as is the female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) to the lower right
(August 13, 2009).
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Male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
August 09, 2008
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Male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
August 31, 2009
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Teneral male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) –
teneral and immature males resemble females
(August 11, 2009).
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Immature male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
August 11, 2009
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Female Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
September 03, 2009
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A teneral male and female Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) –
the two dragonflies have recently emerged from the water as naiads
and shed their larval exoskeletons
(June 24, 2015).
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Border of the Tweed Soccer Field:
a meadow bordered by tall grasses and wildflowers, with a woodland stream to the east.
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Female Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
September 08, 2014
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