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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) » Western subspecies (occidentale group) (Sympetrum semicinctum Western subspecies (occidentale group))
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Dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum
Copyright © 2017 Colorado Ice

Dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
August 14, 2017
Size: 2 inches
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Contributed by Colorado Ice on 15 August, 2017 - 8:36am
Last updated 24 September, 2017 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
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Moved from Unidentified Galls.
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… Even Dankowicz, 24 September, 2017 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Sympetrum semicinctum
you moved this to the wrong spot.
… Larry de March, 24 September, 2017 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

Tough angle for identification
but this might be the western form of Sympetrum semicinctum
… john and jane balaban, 15 August, 2017 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

 
definitely S. semicinctum
I'm not sure where eastern and western forms diverge or if there's a cline.
… Larry de March, 29 August, 2017 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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