Count the Spots
This is a Twelve-spotted Skimmer male. I used to think of it as 10-spotted, counting the dark and light spots across one set of wings and couldn't understand how they got those last 2 spots. You're actually supposed to count only the dark spots and across both sets of wings. It's simpler with the female, shown below. They are quite magical in flight with their spots flickering like Tinkerbell, except much better.
Count the Spots
This is a Twelve-spotted Skimmer male. I used to think of it as 10-spotted, counting the dark and light spots across one set of wings and couldn't understand how they got those last 2 spots. You're actually supposed to count only the dark spots and across both sets of wings. It's simpler with the female, shown below. They are quite magical in flight with their spots flickering like Tinkerbell, except much better.