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Black-faced Skimmer (Libellula cyanea) ? - Libellula cyanea
Copyright © 2015 John & Barbara Moerk

Black-faced Skimmer (Libellula cyanea) ? - Libellula cyanea
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
June 22, 2015
Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 30 September, 2015 - 5:15pm
Last updated 11 October, 2015 - 10:22am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 11 October, 2015 - 10:22am

Libellula cyanea
Those white stigmas are field marks. That common name for that species is now Spangled Skimmer.
… Dan Jackson, 1 October, 2015 - 11:33am

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