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Carmine Skimmer
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| Prior to 2004, this species had the common name of Orange-bellied Skimmer. It is now called Carmine Skimmer. It is quite similar to Roseate Skimmer, but has a brighter red face and eyes. In some cases, in-hand ID may be necessary to separate these similar species, especially in the tropics where the differences illustrated by some of the images here are not as great.. Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Gertrudis Creek Santa Gertrudis Division King Ranch, Kleberg Co., Texas 15 October 2003 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Gertrudis Creek Santa Gertrudis Division King Ranch, Kleberg Co., Texas 15 October 2003 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Gertrudis Creek Santa Gertrudis Division King Ranch, Kleberg Co., Texas 15 October 2003 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Gertrudis Creek Santa Gertrudis Division King Ranch, Kleberg Co., Texas 15 October 2003 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Gertrudis Creek Santa Gertrudis Division King Ranch, Kleberg Co., Texas 15 October 2003 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Gertrudis Creek Santa Gertrudis Division King Ranch, Kleberg Co., Texas 15 October 2003 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Santa Ana NWR Hidalgo Co., Texas 11 October 2004 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Guadalupe River, Independence Park, Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas 24 August 2005 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Allpahuayo Mishana Reserve ca. 25 km S of Iquitos, Departmento de Loreto, Peru 29 July 2006 03.9527 S 073.4141 W |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Allpahuayo Mishana Reserve ca. 25 km S of Iquitos, Departmento de Loreto, Peru 29 July 2006 03.9527 S 073.4141 W |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor young male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female above, young male below Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor young male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 26 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor young male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 28 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 28 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 28 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 28 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor young male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 30 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 30 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 30 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 30 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 30 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 30 August 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Richard Moya Park, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Roseate Skimmer (right) Orthemis ferruginea and Carmine Skimmer (left) Orthemis discolor near Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas 29 June 2006 |
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| Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea male (right) compared with Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male (left) Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea male (left) compared with Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male (right) Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea male (left) compared with Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male (right) Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea male (left) compared with Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male (right) Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea male (left) compared with Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male (right) Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea male (above) compared with Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male (below) Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 15 September 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 26 October 2007 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 5 April 2014 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Camino La Bascula, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 10 April 2014 20.3774 -105.1886 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 12 April 2014 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 12 April 2014 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Lockhart City Park, Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas 22 September 2016 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor female Lockhart City Park, Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas 22 September 2016 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Lockhart City Park, Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas 22 September 2016 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Lockhart City Park, Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas 22 September 2016 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Lockhart City Park, Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas 22 September 2016 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor young male National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas 5 July 2017 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor above Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea below both males National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas 5 July 2017 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas 5 July 2017 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor young male San Marcos River, ca 3 mi W of Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas 28 July 2017 |
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| Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor male Frontera Audubon Sanctuary, Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., Texas 7 October 2017 |
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