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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)
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Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - rear view - Libellula auripennis - male
Copyright © 2008 Carl Krucke

Golden-winged, not Needham's Skimmer - rear view - Libellula auripennis - Male
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
July 11, 2008

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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
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Contributed by Carl Krucke on 11 July, 2008 - 8:14pm

Moved
Moved from Needham's Skimmer.
… Carl Krucke, 11 July, 2008 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

not sure
The vein along the front edge of the wing is entirely pale and the overall color seems a bit pale, which makes me think this could be a Golden-winged. Can't make out enough of the thoracic pattern or veins to say for sure either way though.
… Jason Forbes, 11 July, 2008 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Legs
Nikula(1) notes that the hind tibia of Golden-winged is pale brown while the hind tibia of Needham's is black. That would be for Massachusetts but I haven't heard of geographic variation in leg color.
… John F. Carr, 11 July, 2008 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I blew that one...
I put too much weight on my location, and hadn't looked into the finer points of the differences described here and
here. Good catch! I'll be moving these shortly.
… Carl Krucke, 11 July, 2008 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

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