{"id":195,"date":"2021-04-21T04:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T04:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosecanyongarden.wordpress.com\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2021-05-06T01:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T01:30:18","slug":"flame-skimmer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.rosecanyon.org\/flora-fauna\/flame-skimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Flame Skimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1201\" height=\"961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rosecanyon.org\/flora-fauna\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-727\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo \u00a9 Karen Straus\/San Diego Audubon Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-5 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-7 column2-desktop-grid__start-6 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flame skimmers like to live near warm ponds, streams, and hot springs.<\/li><li>Females often lay their eggs in multiple places as a safeguard against their babies competing with each other for resources.<\/li><li>In their early life as Nymphs, they hunt small fish, larvae, and tadpoles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p>This beautiful dragonfly is a voracious carnivore that eats other insects. Its compound eyes are made up of 30,000 lenses, so it has excellent vision. It can beat its two pairs of wings separately or together. Like a helicopter, it can turn in mid-air, hover, and fly backward. Dragonflies rest with their wings spread out. Damselflies look similar to dragonflies but are much weaker and less adept fliers. They rest with their wings folded together. Female dragonflies lay their eggs in water. The larvae have gills and live underwater, eating other insect larvae, tadpoles, and small fish. They grow by molting. After the last molt, the adult dragonfly emerges. Both dragonflies and damselflies were around before the dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flame Skimmer Dragonfly\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tINMC5Cqvs0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\">Do Flame Skimmers bite?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-1950\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Click for the answer:<\/h2><div id=\"ac-1950\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\">These dragonflies usually do not bite or sting humans, but if held by the abdomen, they may attempt to bite to escape.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flame Skimmer by Gregory Barham\" width=\"580\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1021462810&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=870&#038;maxwidth=580&#038;secret_token=s-TrehYTV7lrZ\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo \u00a9 Karen Straus\/San Diego Audubon Society Quick Facts Flame skimmers like to live near warm ponds, streams, and hot springs. Females often lay their eggs in multiple places as a safeguard against their babies competing with each other for resources. In their early life as Nymphs, they hunt small fish, larvae, and tadpoles. 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