Red Rock Skimmer

Paltothemis lineatipes · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

Also called: Rusty Skimmer

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Red Rock Skimmer
Photo: John Hibbard, CC BY

The Red Rock Skimmer lives in the Americas. Its native range is the Americas.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in the Americas.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native to the Americas.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 10 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Red Rock Skimmer photo 3
Photo: Cristhian Mace, CC BY
Red Rock Skimmer photo 4
Photo: Gerard Walschlager, CC BY
Red Rock Skimmer photo 5
Photo: emilyd47, CC BY-SA
Red Rock Skimmer photo 6
Photo: William Harmon, CC BY

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltothemis_lineatipes

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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