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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)
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AL - Dragonfly - Libellula flavida - male
Copyright © 2012 Colette Micallef

AL - Dragonfly - Libellula flavida - Male
Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
July 19, 2012
Size: 42mm
42mm head to tail 75mm wing tip to wing tip

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Contributed by Colette Micallef on 21 July, 2012 - 8:03pm
Last updated 15 August, 2012 - 6:45pm

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… john and jane balaban, 15 August, 2012 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2012 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

Probably a Yellow-sided Skimmer
Libellula flavida, looks like a female. It does not have the white/black stigmas of a Spangled Skimmer, although it does seem a bit duller than other L. flavida individuals here.
… Melissa Barton, 22 July, 2012 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

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