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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
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Unknown Cranbrook, BC Dragonfly - Sympetrum obtrusum
Copyright © 2015 James N Broadbent

Unknown Cranbrook, BC Dragonfly - Sympetrum obtrusum
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
August 7, 2006
I don't believe this dragonfly to be a MeadowHawk. The shape of these wings seem broader to me and more rounded at the tips. Also the wing vein lattice seems to be different to me. However I have no real other suggestion.
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Contributed by James N Broadbent on 10 May, 2015 - 9:03pm
Last updated 14 May, 2015 - 8:50am

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… John S. Ascher, 14 May, 2015 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Sympetrum Sp.
I think that is just the angle of wing relative to the position of the camera. If you were more perpendicular to the body of the insect, the wings would have looked different. In this case you were perpendicular to the wing surface and therefore that changed how they look. To me this is a Meadowhawk.
… Dan Jackson, 11 May, 2015 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

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