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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum)
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Red Dragonfly in Willapa Refuge - Sympetrum - male
Copyright © 2017 Paul K Davis

Red Dragonfly in Willapa Refuge - Sympetrum - Male
Willapa Refuge, Pacific County, Washington, USA
August 17, 2016
Size: roughly 2.5 inch wingspan
This looks to me like a neon skimmer but it was outside its range.
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Contributed by Paul K Davis on 3 October, 2017 - 5:44pm
Last updated 5 October, 2017 - 4:45pm

Sympetrum sp. (male)
Moved from ID Request.

Possibly Sympetrum illotum.
… William Edwards, 5 October, 2017 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Red Dragonfly
Thanks.
After comparing with several of the pictures here at BugGuide I think you are right in it being Sympetrum illotum.
-- PKD
… Paul K Davis, 10 October, 2017 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

Red Dragonfly in Willapa Refuge
this may be a Male Flame Skimmer - Libellula saturata
… Nicky Davis, 3 October, 2017 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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