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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Orthemis » Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
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Dragonfly TX mini-gathering - Orthemis ferruginea
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Dragonfly TX mini-gathering - Orthemis ferruginea
Bentsen-Rio Grande St P, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
June 5, 2010
Dragonfly near the Headquarters building.
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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 10 June, 2010 - 9:00pm
Last updated 13 June, 2010 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 13 June, 2010 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Only other similiar
species would be Scarlet (with the lighter pterostigmas)...but that TX is "rrrrrrrrrrreach" from the typical range.
… Chad Edgar, 11 June, 2010 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

Female Roseate Skimmer?
This is probably a female Roseate Skimmer, but I'll be interested in other opinions:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 June, 2010 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Your ID is probably correct - Orthemis ferruginea
Compare Greg Lasley - Roseate Skimmer
with Greg Lasley - Carmine Skimmer

Per Paulson (1) - Carmine Skimmer females have the sides of the thorax plain or lightly marked with parallel stripes while the Roseate Skimmer thorax side is conspicuously striped with somewhat irregular stripes.

From what I can see of the thorax this appears to be a Roseate Skimmer.
… William Edwards, 13 June, 2010 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

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