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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
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Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella - Libellula pulchella - female
Copyright © 2008 Michel Kleinbaum

Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella - Libellula pulchella - Female
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
July 3, 2008
after the many Common Whitetails I finally got a Twelve-spotted Skimmer in our backyard

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Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella - Libellula pulchella - female Twelve-spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella - Libellula pulchella - female
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Contributed by Michel Kleinbaum on 5 July, 2008 - 4:07pm
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 6:57pm

Good image!
I thought it was a female common whitetail at first, but then after comparing with other images I noticed that the common whitetail has a zig-zag pattern on the abdomen and the twelve spotted has straight lines on the abdomen... So I think you're right!
… Jeanne Steele, 5 July, 2008 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Twelve spotted Skimmer
I had a bunch of Whitetail females labeled twelve spotted until I learned otherwise.
thanks
Michel Kleinbaum
… Michel Kleinbaum, 5 July, 2008 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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