BLEACHED SKIMMERS, LIBELLULA COMPOSITA, tandem pairs

These are digital images of pairs of Libellula composita, Bleached Skimmers, in tandem and in tandem ovipositing. They are only 1 species out of 2 species of Skimmers in CA that are known to tandem oviposit. These images are also part of the documentation of the occurrence of this species in San Bernardino Co. CA by Susan Steele. They were taken at Naval Air Weapons Station-- China Lake, Lark Seep, on 7/29/2001.


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