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Dragonfly - Celithemis martha
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Dragonfly - Celithemis martha
Myles Standish State Park, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
August 16, 2017

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Contributed by mborn12 on 16 August, 2017 - 10:05am
Last updated 14 February, 2019 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
… Roxanne S. Bernard, 14 February, 2019 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Roxanne S. Bernard, 11 March, 2018 - 2:37pm

Celithemis martha?
It looks like a Martha's Pennant, but I don't have experience with that species from the midwest to be sure.
… Dan Jackson, 18 August, 2017 - 8:48am

 
Agree
Yes that finally was my dx after looking in multiple fields guides
… mborn12, 18 August, 2017 - 8:50am

One of these probably.
Guide Page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3820
… JasonTR960, 16 August, 2017 - 10:38am

 
ID
It is too small for the local saddlebags only about 2 " in size
… mborn12, 16 August, 2017 - 11:23am

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