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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) » Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
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Variegated Meadowhawk - Sympetrum corruptum - female
Copyright © 2011 Daniel J. O'Donnell

Variegated Meadowhawk - Sympetrum corruptum - Female
Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
July 29, 2011
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Contributed by Daniel J. O'Donnell on 29 July, 2011 - 3:23pm
Last updated 29 July, 2011 - 6:08pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Daniel J. O'Donnell, 29 July, 2011 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Afraid not
It is a female Variegated Meadowhawk. Note the white, rounded "spots" along the side of the abdomen & the thoracic stripes. You can't see it very well in this picture but there will be yellow dots at the bottom end of the thoracic stripes. Juvenile Band-winged's, male & female, are golden yellow without any abdominal spots or thoracic stripes, the male becoming red at or near maturity and the female will have a reddish stripe along the middle of the top of the abdomen. Both sexes will also show some degree of an orange-brown wash in the wings - not a golden vein like in your photo. Hope this helps!
… DeeDee, 29 July, 2011 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Well, my only excuse is that I spotted a band-winged meadowhawk about the same time. I got mentally stuck on it. Ah, old age - can't live with it, and you're dead without it.
… Daniel J. O'Donnell, 29 July, 2011 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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