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Orange, imm & females: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum sp group (Sympetrum Orange, imm & females: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum sp group)
Photo#135172
Copyright © 2007
Peter Cristofono
Meadowhawk -
Sympetrum
Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 8, 2007
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Contributed by
Peter Cristofono
on 8 August, 2007 - 2:51pm
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 2:11pm
Moved
Moved from
Meadowhawks
.
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john and jane balaban
, 5 July, 2008 - 2:11pm
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Sympetrum?
Given that this is in fact in genus Sympetrum, I would guess that this is a male Autumn Meadowhawk.
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Minray Yang
, 8 August, 2007 - 3:27pm
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Difficult to see clearly,
but we would say this looks more like a female set of terminal appendages, and the black legs definitely say no to Autumn Meadowhawk. So we would suggest a female of obtrusum or rubicundulum or one of the others that all look like this. It will be interesting to see what some of the Odonate specialists say when the see this.
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john and jane balaban
, 8 August, 2007 - 3:57pm
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