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Reality Check: Varigated Meadowhawk? Fortunately not - Pantala hymenaea
Copyright © 2013 Iszak Allan Hemberger

Reality Check: Varigated Meadowhawk? Fortunately not - Pantala hymenaea
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
July 8, 2013

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Reality Check: Varigated Meadowhawk? Fortunately not - Pantala hymenaea Reality Check: Varigated Meadowhawk? Nope - Pantala hymenaea
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 10 July, 2013 - 10:57pm
Last updated 8 August, 2013 - 3:39pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Nick Block, 11 July, 2013 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
Nick, by the move are you confirming the prospective ID?
Thanks either way.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 July, 2013 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

 
Yep!
Sorry for not adding that explanation. I was moving a bunch of stuff around.
… Nick Block, 11 July, 2013 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Yay! Thanks so much for your confirmation and prompt reply.
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… Ron Hemberger, 11 July, 2013 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Spot-winged Glider - Pantala hymenaea?
It is not a Meadowhawk. Sympetrum perch horizontally and don't hang. The pictures don't show much detail. However, it appears that the abdomen is orange with bands and there are small dark spots close to the abdomen on the hind wings. It could be a Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea). Not definite by any means.
… Dan Jackson, 11 July, 2013 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much, Dan.
This one I had forgotten, but it was in an area normally thick with meadowhawks. I appreciate the detail you've provided and wish I'd had more to offer on my end. Three of us shot the ode; none did very well.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 July, 2013 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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