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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
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Perched dragonfly - Libellula vibrans
Copyright © 2010 John F. Carr

Perched dragonfly - Libellula vibrans
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 19, 2010
I think this is a female Libellula incesta with an unusually pale face.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 19 July, 2010 - 6:19pm
Last updated 31 July, 2010 - 8:24pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… John F. Carr, 31 July, 2010 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

With that much pigmentation
I would say it more closely resembles a Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
… Chad Edgar, 21 July, 2010 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

 
Rare species
That was my second choice because the species is rarely seen in Massachusetts.
… John F. Carr, 21 July, 2010 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans
This has more characters in common with Great Blue Skimmer than Slaty Skimmer. The upper portion of the femora have light coloration more extensive than most Slaty Skimmers I see and the wings have bars and spots at the nodus that are extensive like those on the Great Blue Skimmer.
… Tripp Davenport, 30 July, 2010 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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