Red Rock Skimmer
Paltothemis lineatipes
This dragonfly was photographed along Cave Creek in the Tonto National Forest, Maricopa Co., Arizona on Oct. 2, 2005.
Libellulidae -- a Dragonfly Family
From late spring through autumn these are among the more common of dragonflies patrolling riparian canyons in the Sonoran Desert. There they prey mostly on soft-bodied, flying insects such as midges and mayflies.