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Variegated Meadowhawk - Sympetrum corruptum - male
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Variegated Meadowhawk - Sympetrum corruptum - Male
Somme Prairie Grove, Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, USA
October 13, 2007
One of the seed collecting volunteers found this guy perched on Parthenium integrifolium. He was very cold and spent some time shivering his wings before he took off, allowing us to get some close images of this handsome fellow.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 November, 2007 - 9:51am

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