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Saffron-winged Meadowhawk - Sympetrum costiferum
Copyright © 2010 Anne Evans

Saffron-winged Meadowhawk - Sympetrum costiferum
Georgian Bay, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Date unknown, sometime during July-August 2009.
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Contributed by Anne Evans on 7 April, 2010 - 7:29am
Last updated 7 April, 2010 - 10:57am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 7 April, 2010 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

Teneral Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
aka Sympetrum costiferum. ID based on yellow margin on leading edge of wings and abdominal pattern of black. I also think it is a male, given the apparent length of the appendages on the end of the tail, but the image is not quite large enough to be sure.
… Denis A. Doucet, 7 April, 2010 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

Most likely a female Meadowhawk
Again, I can't tell which species. I also can't tell if there is an ovipositor..so it could be a teneral male who hasn't developed the typical red coloration of the Meadowhawks.
… Chad Edgar, 7 April, 2010 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

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