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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Orange, imm & females: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum sp group (Sympetrum Orange, imm & females: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum sp group)
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I've tried for years to ID this photogenic Dragonfly. Ideas? - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2008 Marcia A. Sessions

I've tried for years to ID this photogenic Dragonfly. Ideas? - Sympetrum
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
July 14, 2001
Size: About 1.5 inches
This was taken the same day: 07-14-01, as were two of the other photos, but two hours later, at 3 PM. If this is another species, what are the possibilities?

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I've tried for years to ID this photogenic Dragonfly. Ideas? - Sympetrum I've tried for years to ID this photogenic Dragonfly. Ideas? - Sympetrum I've tried for years to ID this photogenic Dragonfly. Ideas? - Sympetrum I've tried for years to ID this photogenic Dragonfly. Ideas? - Sympetrum
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Contributed by Marcia A. Sessions on 31 July, 2008 - 1:54am
Last updated 1 September, 2009 - 8:36pm

Moved
Moved from Meadowhawks.
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2009 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Nick Block, 18 November, 2008 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

I agree that it is a female
I agree that it is a female Sympetrum. I think the possibilities are vicinum (Yellow-legged Meadowhawk, or Sympetrum rubicundulum (Ruby Meadowhawk).
… Francis Michael Stiteler, 31 July, 2008 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

female Sympetrum species
Too tough for me to say which species.
… Steven Price, 31 July, 2008 - 4:22am login or register to post comments

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