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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) » Western subspecies (occidentale group) (Sympetrum semicinctum Western subspecies (occidentale group))
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Bronze Skimmer - Sympetrum semicinctum
Copyright © 2007 Rachel Drummond

Bronze Skimmer - Sympetrum semicinctum
Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado, USA
July 8, 2007
I was pretty sure it was a skimmer, it never flew very far from the location I first spotted it (the west bank of the South Platte).

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Bronze Skimmer - Sympetrum semicinctum Bronze Skimmer - Sympetrum semicinctum
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Contributed by Rachel Drummond on 9 July, 2007 - 9:19am
Last updated 30 November, 2008 - 9:49pm

Moved
Moved from Western Meadowhawk.
… john and jane balaban, 30 November, 2008 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2007 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

Western Meadowhawk
Yep, female Western Meadowhawk (Sympetrum occidentale), sometimes lumped with Band-winged Meadowhawk.
… Nick Block, 19 July, 2007 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

Looks small -
so we will suggest Sympetrum semicinctum - Band-winged Meadowhawk, in the guide here. See what you think. Was this Meadowhawk size?
… john and jane balaban, 9 July, 2007 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
Meadowhawk Size
It was slightly shorter than a twelve spotted skimmer and slimmer in the body, but overall matches most of the skimmer identifying features (in wing in my Stephen A Marshall's Insects guide. The coloration of the images linked are right on. Thanks!
… Rachel Drummond, 9 July, 2007 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

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