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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
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bright red skimmer - Libellula croceipennis - male
Copyright © 2015 slowbutsteady

bright red skimmer - Libellula croceipennis - Male
Argyle, Denton County, Texas, USA
Size: 2 inches
I was told by amateur that this was a Neon Skimmer??

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bright red skimmer - Libellula croceipennis - male bright red skimmer - Libellula croceipennis - male
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Contributed by slowbutsteady on 3 July, 2015 - 6:41pm
Last updated 10 July, 2015 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
… William Edwards, 10 July, 2015 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 10 July, 2015 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
Neon skimmer seems like a solid guess based on other images in the guide. (see: http://bugguide.net/node/view/417205/bgpage)
… Erica Fischer, 4 July, 2015 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert either, but I concur with Neon
because Flame Skimmer would have a brown front of the thorax and would have a dark streak in each wing.
… Jose Hernandez, 5 July, 2015 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

What a beauty!
I am sorry I can't be of any help on the ID, but just wanted to say what a great shot of a gorgeous dragonfly!
… Cara Flinn, 3 July, 2015 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
red skimmer ID
Thank you for looking and commenting Charles Baxter.
… slowbutsteady, 3 July, 2015 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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