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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
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White-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum obtrusum - male
Copyright © 2007 Yvonne1313

White-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum obtrusum - Male
Barire, Ontario, Canada
August 3, 2007
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Contributed by Yvonne1313 on 13 August, 2007 - 7:52pm
Last updated 14 August, 2007 - 11:57am

Interesting. I've never heard the name
Half-banded toper before. Must be specifically Canadian. When I looked the name up here in the guide, it seems to refer to genus Sympetrum, which this dragonfly certainly is. Looks like Sympetrum obtrusum (White-faced Meadowhawk) to me, but I wouldn't rule out rubicundulum (Ruby Meadowhawk).
… June Tveekrem, 13 August, 2007 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I found a similar image in th
I found a similar image in the National Audobon Field Guide to Insects and Spiders.... It only shows about 6 red dragonflies... and the half-banded toper (Sympetrum semicinctum) seemed to match the most. I will look up the other names you have given and compare...

Thanks so much for the information.
… Yvonne1313, 13 August, 2007 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
S. semicinctum
is called half-banded because the inner half of the wings are amber colored. Check the images in the guide here under semicinctum and you will see that this is not it. Obtrusum is the white-faced one and that is what you have as several others have mentioned.
… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2007 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you all for helping me
Thank you all for helping me id this dragonfly as a White-faced Meadowhawk. Your knowledge, time and effort are greatly appreciated!
… Yvonne1313, 14 August, 2007 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
I know that guide
I think it was published before the standardized English names came out, so they have all kinds of weird names for things. I would agree this is probably a White-faced Meadowhawk.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 13 August, 2007 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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