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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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JGY10673 - What is it? - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2008 JudyYaker

JGY10673 - What is it? - Sympetrum
Local Park, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
August 26, 2008
I have all these reference books, but I just can't figure these little guys out. I should think this would be called some kind of "Amber-wing" but I don't think so. If more pictures are needed on any of my files, I have more - plenty. Again, thanks for all the help.
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Contributed by JudyYaker on 21 December, 2008 - 10:34pm
Last updated 27 August, 2009 - 7:41pm

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
… Jason Forbes, 27 August, 2009 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2009 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Libellulid
And probably a female Sympetrum species. Something close. Would have to check local abundances.
… Herschel Raney, 22 December, 2008 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Do you have a side view
of this dragonfly among your other photos?
… June Tveekrem, 22 December, 2008 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

Can you estimate its size?
For dragonflies, "small" is about 1 inch, "medium" is about 2 inches, "large" is 3 inches or more. I'm referring to the length from "tip to tail", i.e. front of head to end of abdomen.

Also, it would be helpful to say something about the habitat you found the dragonfly in. For instance, was it an open field, a pond, a stream, a marsh, etc?
… June Tveekrem, 22 December, 2008 - 6:25am login or register to post comments

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