Skimmers — ATLnature

ATLnature is your guide to Atlanta's trails and other rad nature stuff in the city. Live in the city but miss hiking on the weekends? Don’t have time (or a car!) for a trip to north Georgia? Did you know there are over 30 nature trails inside the perimeter of 285 alone?

Yellow-sided Skimmer

Yellow-sided Skimmer

Photo by Marc Turnley
Libellula flavida
Big Haynes Creek Nature Center, Rockdale County, May 28, 2018

Slaty Skimmer

Slaty Skimmer

Libellula incesta
Historic Fourth Ward Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, June 30, 2018

Carolina Saddlebags

Carolina Saddlebags

Tramea carolina
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, July 7, 2018

Blue Dasher

Blue Dasher

Pachydiplax longipennis
Historic Fourth Ward Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, June 30, 2018

Eastern Amberwing, female

Eastern Amberwing, female

Pachydiplax longipennis
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, July 24, 2018

Eastern Amberwing, male

Eastern Amberwing, male

Pachydiplax longipennis
Historic Fourth Ward Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, June 30, 2018

Common Whitetail, male

Common Whitetail, male

Plathemis lydia
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, April 16, 2017

Common Whitetail, female

Common Whitetail, female

Plathemis lydia
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, September 9, 2018

Swift Setwing

Swift Setwing

Dythemis velox
Roswell Riverwalk, Roswell, Fulton County, July 15, 2018

Great Blue Skimmer

Great Blue Skimmer

Libellula vibrans
Big Creek Greenway, Fulton County, August 11, 2018

Painted Skimmer

Painted Skimmer

Libellula semifasciata
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, March 30, 2019

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Yellow-sided Skimmer

Carolina Saddlebags

Eastern Amberwing, female

Eastern Amberwing, male

Common Whitetail, male

Common Whitetail, female

Great Blue Skimmer

Painted Skimmer