Dragonflies are a great reason enough to walk out into the summer woods gazing upon a pond or a stream looking for these wonderful and interesting creatures. It wasn't until 1901 that the Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis Ferruginea) species had accumulated more than one specimen on the official record, taken in Key West Florida, 1864. It has a beautiful dazzling metallic red and blue head with a tangerine colored thorax and abdomen. It is now known to live along the water drainage's of southern New Mexico, Pecos, Gila, and Rio Grande, among other regions.

Roseate Skimmers can be seen skimming above small freshwater streams where its nymphs are found in the silty bottoms of shallow streams that feed larger rivers and sinkholes especially in the state parks with lakes. Most Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis Ferruginea) dragonflies have long periods of life as underwater predators in their nymphal stage. The nymphs of these dragons are competitive ratchet-jawed things and are important to aquatic food chains and are good measures of water quality and stream ecologic health. They are not often seen unless you go looking for them. Adult Roseate Skimmer dragonflies, emerge from the nymph phase of their lifecycle, winged ready to hunt and breed. Most all dragonflies are lucky to live as long as three months with the exception of a few migratory species that can extend this perhaps for a few months but likely no longer. Our Wings in Motion Electronic moving pink Roseate Skimmer dragonfly with moving wings will really outlast their living counterparts and will last for years!

Having any of our realistic electronic moving dragonfly, butterfly our moth kits will bring life to an otherwise dull lifeless silk plant arrangement and will bring any room back to life. If your looking for a perfect gift for that hard to shop for person, look no further since this unique gift will please anyone who appreciates nature. You can collect all six of our dragonfly species and along with a pink Roseate Skimmer you will have a brightly colored and lively dragonfly display that few can match. If you are interested in having all red colored moving insects in your collection then combine the Roseate Skimmer with the Painted Lady, Meridan, postman and Sangaris butterflies! The single Add-on Kit comes with one Roseate Skimmer dragonfly and a Y-plug power splitter which must be connected to a power transformer to function. They run use little electricity and can be on all day without the danger of getting hot.