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Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami)
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Copyright © 2012
Edward Mertz
Golden-winged or Needham's Skimmer? -
Libellula needhami
Bayside, Queens County, New York, USA
July 21, 2012
observed on a fresh water pond, very close to a salt marsh, and Little Neck Bay, which opens into Long Island Sound
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Contributed by
Edward Mertz
on 18 August, 2012 - 12:54pm
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john and jane balaban
, 18 August, 2012 - 1:15pm
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Needham's Skimmer
The upper margin of the fore wing changes color where the wing angles forward in needham's Skimmer.
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helps in telling the difference between the Golden-winged and Needham's Skimmer.
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Tony Fuller
, 18 August, 2012 - 1:13pm
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