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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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Needham's Skimmer? - Libellula auripennis - male
Copyright © 2006 Carla Finley

Needham's Skimmer? - Libellula auripennis - Male
Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
March 29, 2006

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Contributed by Carla Finley on 29 March, 2006 - 3:37pm
Last updated 2 June, 2007 - 3:40pm

Moved
Moved from Libellula.
… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2007 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

New note from Gayle -
"#46147, 46148 The uniformly bright costa and black hind tibia (barely visible on #46147) identify this as L. auripennis. This is a male."
We agree and will move these two images.
… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2007 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Golden-winged skimmer?
According to Dunkle (D-flies through binocs) the Needhams Skimmer's hindleg is brown on lower reaches, instead of black. If this is true then I am leaning toward the Golden-Winged Skimmer. I have no experience with southern d-flies as I am in NE MN where we still have 2 feet of snow on the ground. Six weeks or more until we get emergence.
… Kurt Mead, 29 March, 2006 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

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