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Neon Skimmer |
This Neon Skimmer was seen at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in their demonstration garden area near a small man-made stream. And for as red as the above picture looks (click on it for a full size view), its back-side (top-side) is even brighter. Unfortunately I was only able to snap a photo of its top side from a great distance.
Neon Skimmer is a species unique to the southwest, though it can occur as far east as east Texas, and as far north as central California near the Sierra Nevada mountains. And there are a number of other colorful red skimmers that could be mistaken at casual glance, including Flame Skimmer and Roseate Skimmer.
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