About the Red Rock Skimmer

Red Rock Skimmer 

Paltothemis lineatipes

     other names - rusty skimmer

Native 

Status: Uncommon

Size: medium

Length - 45 - 55 mm

Wing span - 90 - 95 mm

Eye color - male: red; female: tan/brown

Face color - male: red; female: tan

Thorax color - male: red or olive-brown; female: tan/brown

Abdomen color - male: intricate pattern of red and black; female: tan/brown

Stigma color - dark

Wing color - male: rusty color on inner part of otherwise clear wing; female: clear

Habitat - rocky streams

Behavior - perches on midstream rocks

Flight period - February - early December

Range - southwestern US from California to Texas

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