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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Red-veined Meadowhawk (Sympetrum madidum)
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Red-veined Meadowhawk - Sympetrum madidum - male
Copyright © 2007 Michel Kleinbaum

Red-veined Meadowhawk - Sympetrum madidum - Male
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
June 23, 2007

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Contributed by Michel Kleinbaum on 24 June, 2007 - 4:39pm
Last updated 10 October, 2007 - 5:01pm

colors do not look right for red-veined meadowhawk
Looks more like a male saffron-winged meadowhawk, Sympetrum costiferum. See Plate 35 in DRAGONFLIES THROUGH BINOCULARS. The anterior wing veins are clearly orange, not red, and the body color is duller.
… Andrew Reding, 21 July, 2008 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Saffron winged has a plain thorax.
This specimen clearly has white spots or lines on the side of the thorax (plus the stigmas are wrong). It cannot be saffron-winged. The problem with Dragonflies through binoculars is that the images are too small. We gave our copy away. We found we never used it. Check out Kathy Biggs' website for a better feel for these species.
… john and jane balaban, 21 July, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Meadowhawk
I could not agree more. My copy is gathering dust on some dhelf.
I use "Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon"
Steve Gordon & Cary Kerst.
It is, of course, local, but the photos are 4 1/2 by 3 and it serves me well.( no pics of Damsels or Meadowhawk females, alas)
Michel Kleinbaum
… Michel Kleinbaum, 22 July, 2008 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2007 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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