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title: "Slaty Skimmer"
description: "Libellula incesta — Owady i pająki. Libellula incesta, the slaty skimmer, is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/slaty-skimmer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Slaty Skimmer

> Libellula incesta — Owady i pająki. Libellula incesta, the slaty skimmer,  is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

- Scientific name: *Libellula incesta*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 42968
- Wikidata: [Q141363](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141363)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104580](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104580)

## Names

- en: Slaty Skimmer
- de: Schiefersegellibelle
- fr: Libellule voluptueuse

## Countries with the most observations

US (34893), CA (3726)

## Summary

Libellula incesta, the slaty skimmer,  is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.  Adults are 5.28 cm (2.08 in) long.  Mature males are dark blue with black heads. Females and juveniles have brown abdomens with a darker stripe down their backs. Adults fly from June to August. Larvae are habitat specialists, found in the benthos of permanent lakes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libellula_incesta

## Photo

![Slaty Skimmer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/slaty-skimmer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301920517

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/slaty-skimmer?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).