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Golden yellow dragonfly with brown eyes and black stripe: four-spotted pennant  - Brachymesia gravida

Golden yellow dragonfly with brown eyes and black stripe: four-spotted pennant - Brachymesia gravida
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
April 6, 2016
Size: 4 inches
Perched on twig over a fresh water canal. Has brown eyes and a yellow abdomen and thorax with light gold color in spots on the wings. Abdomen has a black stripe on top and black dividing the segments.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Maybe Four Spotted

 
Agree with Four spotted
I agree that it is a four-spotted pennant on further research. This is the first one I have seen here with this coloration - all the others have been dark in color and with well defined spots so it fooled me. Thanks.

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