What does common whitetail skimmer eat?
It preys on small invertebrates.

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Species of Skimmers
Flame skimmerYellow-sided skimmerEight-spotted skimmerNeedham's skimmerSpangled skimmerBar-winged skimmerGolden-winged skimmerComanche skimmerNeon skimmerPainted skimmerWidow skimmerBlue chaserGreat blue skimmerTwelve-spotted skimmerFour-spotted chaserBroad-bodied chaserHoary skimmerBleached skimmerSlaty skimmerCommon whitetail skimmer
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Order
Odes

Family
Skimmers

Genus
Skimmers

Species
Common whitetail skimmer (Libellula lydia)