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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
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November dragonfly - Sympetrum vicinum
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

November dragonfly - Sympetrum vicinum
Cedar Rapids/ICNC, Linn County, Iowa, USA
November 23, 2009
Size: 19mm?
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 28 November, 2009 - 4:58pm
Last updated 11 January, 2010 - 7:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joe Zito, 28 November, 2009 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be
Sympetrum vicinum
… john and jane balaban, 28 November, 2009 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Is this one that can't go pas
Is this one that can't go past the genus without more close examination? I see that there is a catchall "red adult" group for sympetrum
… Joe Zito, 28 November, 2009 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Legs and date
In New England S. vicinum is the only Meadowhawk still flying in late November. Probably true in the Midwest.

Also, S. vicinum has paler legs than the group of nearly-indistinguishable species.
… John F. Carr, 28 November, 2009 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

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