The dragonfly with the sinister name

There were several of these darting around the cone flowers. I was surprised to learn their name is “Widow Skimmers”!

[katy]

I have never heard of it before, but this is an amazing photo of one

[Diane]

He is sort of evil looking! Nice shot.

[Diana]

Amazing find and capture, a mean looking one too.

[Valerie Chesney]

A great capture of this dragonfly..don't like the name!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great find

[Brian]

Wow!

[carol white]

Great capture

[Michelle]

Definitely looks evil!

[Peter]

A real monster insect captured here Lou Ann:)

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture of this not so nice looking insect!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Widows- maybe because they're "dressed in black"? They do have a dark quality to them, don't they? Good catch.

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely close up capture. There are so many beautifully coloured drangonfly that this one in black looks almost ugly.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Islandgirl]

Nice painterly effect!

[Annie D]

does look a bit sinister

[CC Folk]

Yikes...scary looking!