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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
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Variegated Meadowhawk - Sympetrum corruptum - male
Copyright © 2008 Geoff Ball

Variegated Meadowhawk - Sympetrum corruptum - Male
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 26, 2007
Variegated Meadowhawk

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Contributed by Geoff Ball on 23 August, 2008 - 12:23am
Last updated 26 November, 2008 - 11:25am

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Nick Block, 18 November, 2008 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

Your Meadowhawk
Ruby Meadowhawks do not occur in our area. By the "banded" look of the abdomen as well as the red dorsal stripe and the two black dorsal spots on S8 & S9 I'd say your specimen is a male Variegated Meadowhawk. If you have another pic showing the legs (which are striped) or the side of the thorax to show two white stripes or yellow dots you'd have it clinched.

Wait for another id or two though to be sure.
… DeeDee, 23 August, 2008 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Variegated meadowhawk
I agree it's a variegated male.

If you haven't found it already, for some information on Manitoba dragonflies, try here:
http://www.naturenorth.com/dragonfly/index.html and,
http://www.naturenorth.com/dragonfly/join.html especially the annotated checklist in here:
http://www.naturenorth.com/dragonfly/MB%20Dragonfly%20Survey%20Guide%202005%20all.pdf

Larry
… Larry de March, 24 August, 2008 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Larry
Wow, great site, lots of information, amazed that I haven't stumbled across it before.
… Geoff Ball, 24 August, 2008 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

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