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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Mature red adult: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum species group (Sympetrum Mature red adult: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum species group)
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Meadowhawks mating - Sympetrum - male - female
Copyright © 2007 NatureBoy aka Antoine H.

Meadowhawks mating - Sympetrum - Male Female
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
August 30, 2007
Size: approx. 5-6 cm
Caught these to in the act haha

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Male Meadowhawk - Sympetrum - male Meadowhawks mating - Sympetrum - male - female
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Contributed by Antoine Hnain on 30 August, 2007 - 9:10pm
Last updated 19 August, 2008 - 9:30pm

Moved
Moved from Meadowhawks.
… john and jane balaban, 5 July, 2008 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 22 September, 2007 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

White-faced, Sympetrum obtrusum
The face on both and particularly the male, appear to be white. The male also has on the abdomen, high well-defined black triangles which I associate with white-faced.
… fishbio, 15 September, 2007 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Ruby Meadowhawk
Sympetrum rubicundulum.
… Phyllis Kelly, 30 August, 2007 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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