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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum)
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Dragonfly - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2006 brian flaig

Dragonfly - Sympetrum
Northwest, Minnesota, USA
September 3, 2005
Seen better days.
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Contributed by brian flaig on 1 April, 2006 - 9:23am
Last updated 14 April, 2006 - 6:48am

mov ed
to genus
… A.W. Thomas, 14 April, 2006 - 6:47am login or register to post comments

possibly
The whitefaced Meadowhawk does not usually show the amber patch at the wing bases. The next possibility is the Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum) which also has black triangles at the sides of the thorax and usually has amber patches on wings. She's an OLD bugger by the look of her torn up wings.

Kurt
… Kurt Mead, 4 April, 2006 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Meadowhawk speci
Looks like a Meadowhawk species (Sympetrum sp) but beyond that I don't think I can help. I suspect its a female tho. Dull colour and the look of the tail apendages.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 1 April, 2006 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

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