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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
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Twelve spotted skimmer? - Libellula pulchella - female
Copyright © 2006 Nate and Erin Fuller

Twelve spotted skimmer? - Libellula pulchella - Female
Wau-Ke-Na Preserve near Glenn, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
June 13, 2006
Size: Roughly 3"
It looks a lot like Balaban's photo from Miami Woods... female as well?
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Contributed by Nate and Erin Fuller on 14 June, 2006 - 5:21pm
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 3:56pm

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Superb Photograph - really enjoyed it!
… Bob Beatson, 15 June, 2006 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I appreciate the encouragement. I'm relatively new to the "bug world" and find a new digital camera and this website great incentive to learn!
… Nate and Erin Fuller, 15 June, 2006 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Yep
Yep, your right. The yellow line on the side conferms it. (Common Whitetail females the line will be broken, as a series of diagonal lines)
… Kaylee Skylyn, 14 June, 2006 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

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