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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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Dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum
Copyright © 2007 Brian Nielsen

Dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum
Stansbury, Tooele County, Utah, USA
July 29, 2007
Size: Approximately 1.5"
I saw several of these cruising around the junipers looking for a meal.

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Contributed by Brian Nielsen on 26 August, 2007 - 9:02pm
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.
… Nick Block, 20 November, 2008 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

Pretty sure it's a Meadowhawk
Probably Western, Sympetrum occidentale
… Cliff Bernzweig, 28 April, 2008 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
female Western Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata)? Compare:

… J.R. Jones, 27 August, 2007 - 1:56am login or register to post comments

 
I don't know? The name doesn'
I don't know? The name doesn't fit the circumstances that it was found under (not to say that it has to). But there were no ponds near there. I did a little searching and I think that the wandering glider Pantala flavescens is a close match. I don't know the code to make the thumbnail link but here is a thread about it http://bugguide.net/node/view/76129 .

Brian Nielsen
… Brian Nielsen, 27 August, 2007 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
Not pantala
Try Bleached Skimmer female(Libellula composita)
… Howell Curtis, 31 December, 2007 - 1:08am login or register to post comments

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