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Dragonlet? Female - Erythrodiplax basifusca

Dragonlet? Female - Erythrodiplax basifusca
Whitewater Draw, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 17, 2009
Not a good picture, but my overall impression was of black-veined wings drooping forwards. I wonder if this is a dragonlet, possibly Plateau or seeimngly less probable, Black-winged dragonlet

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Yes - Erythrodiplax basifusca - Plateau Dragonlet
See MARTIN REID PHOTOS
Third photo down is a female.

 
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Thanks for the reminder. I wa
Thanks for the reminder. I was in too great a hurry in the hopes of answers!

 
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