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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum)
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Dragonfly - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2014 cmflick

Dragonfly - Sympetrum
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
July 12, 2014
Size: 2-3 inches
Perched on a maple tree at the side of a pond.
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Contributed by cmflick on 12 July, 2014 - 11:01am
Last updated 21 October, 2014 - 2:25pm

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… Greg W. Lasley, 21 October, 2014 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

I don’t know how to elimina
I don’t know how to eliminate a male Cherry-faced Meadowhawk or Ruby Meadowhawk from this image. In much of its range in the eastern U.S. Cherry-faced does not have a red face despite its common name. To make an ID in this the hamules would have to be examined in-hand. The ID of Meadowhawks, even males, is not as straight forward as we would like it to be.
… Greg W. Lasley, 21 October, 2014 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2014 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Sympetrum sp.
Possibly White-faced meadowhawk if your picture is a bit over-saturated. The face should be pure white. It's a male
… Larry de March, 12 July, 2014 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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