Species
Libellula pulchella (Twelve-spotted skimmer)
Libellula pulchella. Photo: (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) is a common North American skimmer dragonfly, found in southern Canada and in all 48 of the contiguous U.S. states.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies)
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
- Superfamily: Libelluloidea
- Family: Libellulidae (Skimmers)
- Genus: Libellula (Chasers and king skimmers)
- Species: Libellula pulchella (Twelve-spotted skimmer)
- Genus: Libellula (Chasers and king skimmers)
- Family: Libellulidae (Skimmers)
- Superfamily: Libelluloidea
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
- Order: Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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