{"id":21415,"date":"2025-07-21T05:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21415"},"modified":"2025-07-21T05:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:49:04","slug":"needhams-skimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21415","title":{"rendered":"Needham\u2019s Skimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=21415\"}'   class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"21414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=21414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00024.jpg?fit=2000%2C1718&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1718\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-image-21413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?resize=1024%2C749&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?resize=768%2C561&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?resize=1536%2C1123&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?resize=904%2C661&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc00052.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Needham\u2019s Skimmer: I am not sure I have seen a full adult Needham\u2019s Skimmer before\u2026or at least the ones they have here on the Chesapeake Shore in Maryland are much redder than any I have seen it the past.  Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my insect modifications. Processed in Photomator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-21415\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21415&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-21415\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21415&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21415&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Needham\u2019s Skimmer: I am not sure I have seen a full adult Needham\u2019s Skimmer before\u2026or at least the ones they have here on the Chesapeake Shore in Maryland are much redder than any I have seen it the past. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my insect modifications. 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