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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
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Common whitetail dragonfly? - Libellula pulchella
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Common whitetail dragonfly? - Libellula pulchella
Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 31, 2015
Looks like a Common whitetail dragonfly?
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Contributed by Wildlife Sightings on 14 September, 2015 - 6:49pm
Last updated 15 September, 2015 - 1:25pm

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… Tony Leukering, 15 September, 2015 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

More likely 12 Spot, Libellula pulchella
The female Whitetail which would have a somewhat similar wing pattern wouldn't have the white spots on the wings or the thin blue abdomen.
… john and jane balaban, 14 September, 2015 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
This is the Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)and you'll find it here on BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3407
… Roberto R. Calderon, 14 September, 2015 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

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