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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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Dragonfly for ID - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2009 Bill Meier

Dragonfly for ID - Sympetrum
West Chicago, Kane County, Illinois, USA
June 20, 2009
Browsed through my "Dragonflies through Binoculars." A female white-faced meadowhawk perhaps? Thanks for the help with the ID.

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Contributed by Bill Meier on 20 June, 2009 - 8:26pm
Last updated 1 September, 2009 - 8:20pm

Moved
Moved from Meadowhawks.
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2009 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
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… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2009 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

the face looks yellow
maybe Sympetrum internum, or S. rubicundulum. Males can be tough without examination of the hamules, and females are worse. They also hybridize.
… Bob Barber, 20 June, 2009 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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