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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
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Orange-gray Dragonfly - Sympetrum corruptum
Copyright © 2013 Craig Morgan

Orange-gray Dragonfly - Sympetrum corruptum
Orange, Orange County, California, USA
August 7, 2013
Peters Canyon Reservoir loop trail

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Contributed by Craig Morgan on 7 August, 2013 - 11:20pm
Last updated 8 August, 2013 - 9:47pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 8 August, 2013 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

It might be
a Variegated Meadowhawk --although I know that a Red-veined Meadowhawk can look similar.
… Gacko, 7 August, 2013 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
S. variegatum vs. S. madidum
If the yellow spots on the lower end of the white lateral thoracic stripes aren't obvious, striped legs on S. variegatum separate it from all black legs on S. madidum
… Larry de March, 8 August, 2013 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting, Larry.
Thanks for your help and observations. I was not aware of S. madidum and thought all such dragonflies here in Orange County were S. variegatum.

(Written later)I have not found any S. madidum images in my posts here or my offline files.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 August, 2013 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
It is a Variegated Meadowhawk
Many aloft right now, including San Joaquin Marsh, where I shot two today.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 August, 2013 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

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