| Slaty Skimmer | |
|---|---|
| male | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Libellula |
| Species: | L. incesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861 |
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The Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Adults are 52.8 mm (2 in) long. Mature males are dark blue with black heads. Females and juveniles have brown abdomens with a darker stripe down their backs. Adults fly from June to August.[1]