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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami)
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Needham's Skimmer - Libellula needhami - female
Copyright © 2008 Rick Shackleton

Needham's Skimmer - Libellula needhami - Female
Big Cypress National Preserve, California Slough, Collier County, Florida, USA
February 24, 2008
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Contributed by Rick Shackleton on 25 February, 2008 - 4:05pm
Last updated 25 February, 2008 - 8:03pm

We would suggest female
Libellula needhami, see
… john and jane balaban, 25 February, 2008 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you for the ID. I will move the photo. I read through the info on the link you provided and agree with your ID. I love the ability to spread the education as my photo is seen.

Thank you again, Rick
… Rick Shackleton, 25 February, 2008 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, your image
clearly shows three of the characteristics that the Stricklands point out for Needham's, the brown legs, the change in color of the costa at the node, and the pale area stretching forward on the side of the thorax. You couldn't have gotten a nicer view of those characters!
… john and jane balaban, 25 February, 2008 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

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