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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
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Skimmer - Neon or Flame? - Libellula saturata - male
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Skimmer - Neon or Flame? - Libellula saturata - Male
Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
July 5, 2005
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 7 September, 2006 - 12:15am
Last updated 1 July, 2013 - 1:40pm

This is clearly a Flame Skimm
This is clearly a Flame Skimmer. The saturation of the coloring into the basal half of the wings is diagnostic.
… 123odon, 22 September, 2006 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
The more info like this I get, the more I learn. Odes were one of my early interests, but I got off the track for a while.
… Ron Hemberger, 22 September, 2006 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Libellula.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 September, 2006 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Flame
L. saturata. Note the brown streak in the base of each wing.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 7 September, 2006 - 2:03am login or register to post comments

 
The perfect answer
Thanks, Cliff. I was looking for a way to tell them apart. I've recently ordered a book on CA dragon and damselflies in hopes of IDing some of them myself.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 September, 2006 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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