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Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - head and ventral view - Libellula auripennis - male
Copyright © 2008 Carl Krucke

Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - head and ventral view - Libellula auripennis - Male
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
July 11, 2008
These are commonly seen by the Saw Mill Branch flood canal here.

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Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - head and ventral view - Libellula auripennis - male Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - side view - Libellula auripennis - male Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - rear view - Libellula auripennis - male Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - thorax and tibia - Libellula auripennis - male
Contributed by Carl Krucke on 11 July, 2008 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Needham's Skimmer. I put too much weight on my location, and hadn't looked into the finer points of the differences described here and
here.
… Carl Krucke, 11 July, 2008 - 9:05pm

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