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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
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Libellula pulchella? - Libellula pulchella - male
Copyright © 2017 Marvelwood School

Libellula pulchella? - Libellula pulchella - Male
Salisbury, Litchfield, USA County, Connecticut, USA
September 29, 2017
Is this a Libellula pulchella?
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Contributed by Marvelwood School on 10 October, 2017 - 8:56am

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Yes - it's an immature male Libellula pulchella.
… William Edwards, 10 October, 2017 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much for your
Thank you very much for your help! How can you distinguish between a male and female?
… Marvelwood School, 10 October, 2017 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

 
Gender Separation
The easiest way to tell the male from the female is that the male has white spots between the black spots on its wings while the female does not.
Also the male develops a white pruinosity on its abdomen as it matures.


Male


Female

You can see these white spots beginning to develop on your dragonfly.
… William Edwards, 10 October, 2017 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

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