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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Bar-winged Skimmer (Libellula axilena)
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Dragonfly - Libellula axilena
Copyright © 2008 jim urbach

Dragonfly - Libellula axilena
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
July 30, 2008
This one had not warmed up yet so I could get real close

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Dragonfly - Libellula axilena Dragonfly - Libellula axilena
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Contributed by jim urbach on 30 July, 2008 - 4:55pm
Last updated 12 August, 2008 - 9:08pm

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… Jason Forbes, 12 August, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Hmmm
look at Libellula cyanea. I think it might be a Spangled Skimmer female, but wait for one of the experts!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 July, 2008 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
no spangles
The long bars along the front edge and the thoracic pattern say Bar-winged Skimmer (L. axilena).
… Jason Forbes, 4 August, 2008 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting ID. Thanks. Look
Interesting ID. Thanks. Looks like this is the female and so few good images are available on a quick look at the internet
… jim urbach, 4 August, 2008 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

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