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Related Species in LIBELLULIDAE: Number of records for 2018 = 41
PDF has more details, e.g., flight data, high counts, and earliest/latest dates can be seen. [View PDF]	Painted Skimmer by Ted Wilcox [Google images]
sciName	Libellula semifasciata
map	Click on county for list of all its records for Painted Skimmer
distribution	Essentially statewide, though likely scarce at middle elevations and perhaps absent at higher elevations in the mountains. Occurs throughout the Piedmont and Coastal Plain, including counties along the coast.
abundance	Fairly common to occasionally common in the southern half of the Coastal Plain; uncommon to locally fairly common in the northern Coastal Plain and in the lower Piedmont; uncommon in the remainder of the Piedmont and lower mountains; scarce at higher elevations. Abundance is quite at odds with Dunkle (2000) for its entire range, and Beaton (2007) for GA, both which indicate "uncommon". Perhaps the species is more numerous in NC than in most other states. Seldom occurs in large numbers on a given day, but quite widespread, at least in much of the Coastal Plain.
flight	Very late March or early April to mid-September, and rarely to early October, in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont; however, not numerous after late July. In the mountains, the flight occurs from late April to mid-September, but is scarce after mid-summer.
habitat	Marshes, bogs or boggy areas, grassy ponds, and other pools; favors semi-wooded areas.
behavior	Less likely to spend much time around ponds, pools, and marshes than most other skimmers. Instead, adults are typically seen foraging well away from water (thus not making it clear what might be the breeding habitat), often in fields, savannas, powerline clearings, and woodland borders. They often perch conspicuously on tips of twigs or grass stems.
comments	This skimmer seldom occurs in swarms, but is often seen daily, at least in the southern Coastal Plain in the first part of the flight season. Because of their flashy wing pattern -- males and females look almost alike -- individuals are easily noticed, even by beginners or casual observers.
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S_rank	S5
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G_rank	G5
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Species account update: LeGrand

Photo Gallery for Painted Skimmer		Other NC Galleries: Jeff Pippen Will Cook Ted Wilcox
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Comment: Ashe County, 2004-05-27		Photo by: Curtis Smalling Comment: Watauga, 2010-04-23, At Meat Camp Creek Environmental Studies Area
	Photo by: Curtis Smalling Comment: Watauga, 2010-04-23, At Meat Camp Creek Environmental Studies Area		Photo by: Vin Stanton Comment: Henderson, 2009-09-13, Imaged at Fletcher Park - Female
	Photo by: Ali Iyoob, Matt Daw, Dan Irizarry Comment: Wake, 2011-05-04,		Photo by: Vin Stanton Comment: Buncombe, 2011-05-22, Imaged at Richmond Hill Park Asheville
	Photo by: Curtis Smalling Comment: Watauga, 2011-06-10, all at Meat Camp Creek Environmental Studies Area		Photo by: Vin Stanton, Virginia Senechal Comment: Henderson, 2013-06-20, Westfeldt Park, Northern Henderson County - Male & Female
	Photo by: Doug Johnston Comment: Pender, 2013-04-23, Cape fear river, Holly shelter game land		Photo by: Conrad Wernett Comment: Jones, 2014-05-03, - Waterfowl impoundment
	Photo by: Conrad Wernett Comment: Scotland, 2014-04-26, - Scotland Lake		Photo by: Salman Abdulali Comment: Pitt, 2015-05-05, Boyd Lee Park
	Photo by: Owen McConnell Comment: Durham, 2014-06-01, Duke Forest		Photo by: Owen McConnell Comment: Orange, 2014-05-09, Occoneechee Mountain SNA - female
	Photo by: Owen McConnell Comment: Graham, 2014-06-23, Tulula Wetlands		Photo by: Kristy Baker Comment: Tyrrell, 2015-06-06, Palmetto-Peartree Preserve
	Photo by: Kristy Baker Comment: Dare; Mainland, 2015-06-07, Alligator River NWR Charles Kuralt Trail		Photo by: Kristy Baker Comment: Currituck, 2015-06-09, Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary
	Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: New Hanover, 2015-08-06, Carolina Beach State Park - at Lily Pond		Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: Carteret, 2016-03-29, ponds along Patsy Pond Nature Trail, Croatan National Forest
	Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: Onslow, 2017-04-08, my property, Holly Ridge		Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: Jones, 2017-04-11, Weetock Trail near Haywood Landing, Croatan National Forest
	Photo by: Mark Shields and Hunter Phillips Comment: Brunswick, 2018-04-02, Boiling Spring Lakes Preserve Nature Trail		Photo by: Vin Stanton Comment: Clay, 2018-05-12, Beaver pond Buck Creek Road
	Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: Beaufort, 2018-05-25, Voice of America Game Land		Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: Edgecombe, 2018-05-25, Etheridge Pond, Tar River Game Land
	Photo by: J. Brown Comment: Dare; OBU, 2018-05-26, RUHI		Photo by: Rob Van Epps Comment: Mecklenburg, 2011-04-10, West Branch Nature Preserve
	Photo by: Mark Shields Comment: Currituck, 2018-06-09, pond at Currituck Community Park near Maple		Photo by: Mark Shields, John Petranka, Sally Gewalt Comment: Jackson, 2018-06-26, Panthertown Valley, Nantahala National Forest - in bog. First record for county.