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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Orange, imm & females: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum sp group (Sympetrum Orange, imm & females: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum sp group)
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Black Meadowhawk? - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2011 Joel Vandermeulen

Black Meadowhawk? - Sympetrum
Fort McMurray, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
June 22, 2011
Size: 40mm
Possibly a Sympetrum danae juvenile?
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Contributed by Joel Vandermeulen on 22 June, 2011 - 8:30pm
Last updated 14 July, 2011 - 6:50pm

Moved
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… David J. Ferguson, 14 July, 2011 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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Could this be a female Symptrum costiferum based on the colouring?
… Joel Vandermeulen, 6 July, 2011 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

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Why is this picture being frassed? I thought it was pretty good?
… Joel Vandermeulen, 29 June, 2011 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Black Meadowhawk?
No. S. danae, even when immature, shows a lot of pattern on the dorsal surface of the abdomen. Segments 8 and 9 would be black, each with a pair of yellow spots.

It's one of the other Sympetrums, probably not identifiable from this picture.
… Larry de March, 22 June, 2011 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

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