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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
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Unknown Dragonfly - Libellula incesta - female
Copyright © 2015 billjacovina

Unknown Dragonfly - Libellula incesta - Female
Calverton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
September 9, 2015
I could not find this in the Stokes Beginner's Guide
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Contributed by billjacovina on 10 September, 2015 - 7:13pm
Last updated 23 October, 2015 - 8:40pm

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… John S. Ascher, 23 October, 2015 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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… William Edwards, 13 September, 2015 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

You Got It !
Steve

Thanks for the ID. I had looked at the Slaty ( p 134 Stokes Guide) but was thrown off by the incomplete blue coloration. Stokes does mention a brown thorax with yellow dorsal stripe on the immatures.

Bill
… billjacovina, 13 September, 2015 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

Slaty Skimmer?
I wonder is this is a male Slaty Skimmer who either hasn’t fully developed the pruinose blue coating or has had some of the blue rubbed off. While Slaties can be a lighter blue, they can also be fairly dark colored

… Steve Scholnick, 12 September, 2015 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

A Bigger Mystery
A friend of mine checked Odonata Central and could not find it. The area (Calverton Ponds) the thing was spotted is supposed to host rare dragonflies
… billjacovina, 12 September, 2015 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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