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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Mature red adult: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum species group (Sympetrum Mature red adult: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum species group)
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Ruby Meadowhawk? Dragonflies mating - Sympetrum - male - female
Copyright © 2006 Donna Hollinger

Ruby Meadowhawk? Dragonflies mating - Sympetrum - Male Female
Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
August 14, 2006
Size: 2 inches?
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Contributed by Donna Hollinger on 17 August, 2006 - 9:04pm
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 1:55pm

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… john and jane balaban, 5 July, 2008 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 24 September, 2006 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Meadowhawks
I agree with John and Jane, you have to be careful expressing much certainty with Meadowhawks, particularly with Ruby and Cherry-faced and White-faced.

Two traits to be on the lookout for (and to try to document with photos), are the color of the legs and the color of the "face."

Finding either pale legs or a white face can help with the ID. In this case I think I can just barely see a little of the female's face peeking out white. Not certain, though.
… Stephen_WV, 18 August, 2006 - 5:46am login or register to post comments

Sympetrum - yes
Ruby? We couldn't say. Just too hard to tell these dang things apart (though the common one in our nearby woods is rubicundulum) But we only know that from looking at hundreds of them over the course of the entire year!
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2006 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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