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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)
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The Red Baron - Sympetrum illotum - male
Copyright © 2010 LAUREL

The Red Baron - Sympetrum illotum - Male
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 31, 2010
This guy has hung around all summer.
He showed up in my yard a couple of months ago. He and his mate flew in tandem to my "Po Girls Water Feature" (kiddy pool w/ blackberry debris). They proceeded to hover over the pool, and lay their eggs in my pool... Which obligated me to keep the pool full all summer.
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Contributed by LAUREL on 2 September, 2010 - 6:08pm
Last updated 3 September, 2010 - 10:08pm

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Meadowhawk
This appears to be a Sympetrum, one of the meadowhawks perhaps S. illiotum "Cardinal Meadowhawk" Do you have any shots that show the thorax unobscured by the wings?
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Meadow hawk dragonfly
Hi,
Yes, I may have a front view... He is quite the ham. I will upload it.
Laurel
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