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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pennants (Celithemis) » Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
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Drogonfly - Celithemis eponina
Copyright © 2011 David DesRochers

Drogonfly - Celithemis eponina
Howell, Monmouty County, New Jersey, USA
August 24, 2008
I believe this is a twelve spotted skimmer. Please provide confirmation.
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Contributed by David DesRochers on 4 November, 2011 - 11:16am
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 4 November, 2011 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Nope...
I agree with the Halloween Pennant.

Compare the Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)

Females have small yellow bands on their wingtips, males have orange to red. Yours is a male.

With the Twelve-Spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Mature males have white bands next to their black bands, along with more white coloration on body. Females will have golden coloration to their bodies, and lack the white banding.

Check out the book "Dragonflies of the North Woods" by Kurt Mead (North Woods Naturalist Series) for a great and easy guide to Dragonflies.
… Cassie Novak, 4 November, 2011 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
indeed
Halloween Pennant
… Nina, 4 November, 2011 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Dragonfly
Not a Twelve-spotted Skimmer but perhaps a Halloween Penant.
… DeeDee, 4 November, 2011 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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