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Dragonfly 3 - Libellula luctuosa
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Dragonfly 3 - Libellula luctuosa
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 23, 2006
Size: 3 " approx or less
Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 27 July, 2006 - 1:38pm
Last updated 14 August, 2006 - 4:55pm

Widow Skimmer
I believe this is a Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa (male)
See here
… apgarm, 27 July, 2006 - 10:28pm

 
Thanks ^_^
Thanks ^_^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 28 July, 2006 - 3:19pm

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