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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Common Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
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Window Skimmer? - Libellula luctuosa
Copyright © 2007 Bobby Grizzard

Window Skimmer? - Libellula luctuosa
Lake Lickskillet, near Dogtown, Dekalb County, Alabama, USA
August 13, 2007
Also, is this a male?
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Contributed by Bobby Grizzard on 16 August, 2007 - 7:47pm
Last updated 16 August, 2007 - 9:53pm

Thanks, guys
Silly me, I thought it was window ;)
… Bobby Grizzard, 16 August, 2007 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Yep!
Male Widdow Skimmer
… Jeanne Steele, 16 August, 2007 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

Widow Skimmer
Male. The female has a brown abdomen with a lateral yellow stripe and no white in the wings.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 16 August, 2007 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

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