What does white-tailed skimmer eat?
It preys on small invertebrates.

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Species of Skimmers
Keeled skimmerFiery skimmerBlue-tailed forest hawkCrimson-tailed marsh hawkSpine-tufted skimmerEpaulet skimmerBlue skimmerScarlet skimmerJulia skimmerSlender blue skimmerBlue marsh hawkSlender skimmerBlack-tailed skimmerLittle skimmerWhite-tailed skimmerGreater blue skimmerLong skimmerSmall skimmerSouthern skimmerGreen skimmerOrthetrum japonicum
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Order
Odes

Family
Skimmers

Genus
Skimmers

Species
White-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum)