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Painted Skimmer - Libellula semifasciata
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Painted Skimmer - Libellula semifasciata
Moore County, North Carolina, USA
June 4, 2004
This was an unseasonably cool morning, causing this inidvidual to pause several times on low vegetation to bask. Otherwise, these dragonflies are very flighty and hard to photograph.
Contributed by Cotinis on 5 June, 2004 - 9:31pm

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