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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Setwings (Dythemis) » Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)
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Dragonfly of unknown species - Dythemis velox - female
Copyright © 2022 Joseph M. McGee

Dragonfly of unknown species - Dythemis velox - Female
South of the town of Chunky, Newton County, Mississippi, USA
September 10, 2022
Dragonfly was seen perched on a dead limb near edge of an unpaved road where road crosses a small creek. (Road passes through a wooded area.) Dragonfly left its perch repeatedly, only to return to the same perch after just a second or two.
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Contributed by Joseph M. McGee on 10 September, 2022 - 9:27pm
Last updated 12 November, 2022 - 12:40pm

Dythemis velox (female)
Moved from Dragonflies.
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