Two Eight-spotted Skimmers from the Nisqaully National Wildlife Refuge. The first is a male on 23 May 2019. The second, a female, on 10 June. Males fly along shorelines. They do not defend terrtories. They are aggressive toward others of their species and towards other dragonflies. When they find a female, they briefly copulate. Males sometimes guard females as the females deposit eggs. Often she lays her eggs in one spot, but other times she drops eggs over wider areas. This species is common across much of the western United States in a wide variety of wetland habitats.
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