The spots are in the wings

Can't say I know too much about dragonflies but I do know a pretty one when I see one! This one was found near the banding station today (9/17) and posed very nicely for pictures. This beautiful dragonfly is called a Twelve-spotted Skimmer. Not sure if it gets its name from the 12 black spots or the 12 white spots. Because if we added up all the spots, it should actually be called a Twenty four-spotted Skimmer! ha ha