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Skimmer species (Orthemis schmidti)        Images © Mark A. Chappell

This bright pink-and-red skimmer was photographed on a small pond near Pantiacolla Lodge in the Peruvian Amazon. It closely resembles the roseate skimmer of the American southwest.   This little pond (maybe 100 m long by 5 m wide) also yielded photos of several other dragonflies (an amberwing species, an Oligocladus species, and Erythrodiplax unimaculata ) and quite a few birds (including the American pigmy kingfisher, black hawk-eagle, blue-crowned motmot, and white-browed antbird.

  • Canon 7D, Canon 500mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender and extension tubes, fill-in flash (2012)