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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum)
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Libellulidae, Meadowhawk - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Libellulidae, Meadowhawk - Sympetrum
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 4, 2017
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 13 February, 2018 - 8:37pm
Last updated 21 March, 2019 - 10:53pm

Moved
Moved from White-faced Meadowhawk.
… MJ Hatfield, 21 March, 2019 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
… Ken Allison, 11 August, 2018 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

White-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum obtrusum.
… Ken Allison, 11 August, 2018 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Identification
While this may be S. obtrusum, it appears to be somewhat teneral. Relying on the frons color to separate this from internum or rubicundulum at this stage is not totally reliable. The only truely reliable trait at this point would be the shape of the subgenital plates.

I think this should be just identified as Sympetrum sp.
… Steve Hummel, 21 March, 2019 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Roxanne S. Bernard, 11 March, 2018 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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