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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) » Western subspecies (occidentale group) (Sympetrum semicinctum Western subspecies (occidentale group))
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dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum
Copyright © 2010 Kyle Byerly

dragonfly - Sympetrum semicinctum
Devil's Backbone Open Space, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
July 19, 2009
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Contributed by Kyle Byerly on 9 January, 2010 - 4:21pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies. No we just weren't sure how we had sorted these out on BugGuide. We keep them under semicinctum in a western occidentale group. You can click on images to see more, or on data to see where the eastern and western forms are found.
… john and jane balaban, 9 January, 2010 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Sympetrum semicinctum
or S. occidentale (and they may be the same species). We'll have to look up where the ranges meet.
… john and jane balaban, 9 January, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Would more pictures of same b
Would more pictures of same be helpful? I have a few more from slightly different angles.
… Kyle Byerly, 9 January, 2010 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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