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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » White-Faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
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Dragonfly - Sympetrum obtrusum
Copyright © 2004 Bill Johnson

Dragonfly - Sympetrum obtrusum
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 11, 2004
I think this is a 'Skimmer' dragonfly, but would anyone have an ID on it? Thanks. I think that I've seen very similar ones here in Minnesota before.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 8 October, 2006 - 12:14am
Last updated 31 July, 2007 - 1:06pm

Meadowhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk. Meadhowhawks are often tough to identify to species, but a mature male of this species is not tough to identify, with this bright white face.
… Stephen Cresswell, 8 October, 2006 - 4:24am login or register to post comments

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