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cardinal meadowhawk - Sympetrum illotum - male

cardinal meadowhawk - Sympetrum illotum - Male
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
July 20, 2008

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Our reading tells us that Red-veined
has much less color in the wings, only the first few wing veins. We would have suggested Cardinal Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum for this beauty. You can check out the images on Kathy Biggs' website here

 
pattern of orange-tinted areas on wings
Based on the DRAGONFLIES THROUGH BINOCULARS (Plate 35), i originally thought this was a red-veined meadowhawk, in large measure because the lateral thoracic spot extends upward in a faint stripe (see detail photo). After looking at Kathy Bigg's website, and comparing the scans of male red-veined vs. male cardinal meadowhawks, i noticed the pattern of orange tinting on the wings matches that of the cardinal meadowhawk (http://southwestdragonflies.net/caphotos/cardinalsGalbreath.html), not the red-veined meadowhawk (http://southwestdragonflies.net/red_veined_meadowhawk_malescan.html).

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