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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula
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Dragonfly? - Libellula
Copyright © 2018 K L King

Dragonfly? - Libellula
Hampton, Virginia, USA
July 20, 2018
Size: Apps 3 inches?
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Contributed by K L King on 8 August, 2018 - 3:59pm
Last updated 10 August, 2018 - 10:23am

Libellula sp. (male)
Moved from ID Request.

This looks more like L. incesta to me with the dark eyes, brownish face and the prominent dark streak below the HW on the thorax.
Also the wings don't show a dark basal streak or a dark nodal spot.
Not certain though....
… William Edwards, 10 August, 2018 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Libellula
You might well be right, William. I have no experience with vibrans. This insect did look a little light in colour for incesta. I hadn't noticed the eyes. Slaty is the only one of this group of Libellula that we get in eastern Ontario, so you're probably much more used to having to separate them than I am. I must admit, I find them challenging.
… Ken Allison, 10 August, 2018 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Great Blue Skimmer
Check out Libellula vibrans.
… Ken Allison, 9 August, 2018 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

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