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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Whitetails (Plathemis) » Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
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12 spotted skimmer - Plathemis lydia - female
Copyright © 2012 Wildlife Sightings

12 spotted skimmer - Plathemis lydia - Female
Halifax, McIntosh Run Trail, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 20, 2012
Size: about 607cm long
3 brown spots on each wing makes it a 12 spotted skimmer I believe, I dont think there are any other dragon flies with similar wing patterns. This is a female, the male has white spots in between the brown spots.
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Contributed by Wildlife Sightings on 22 July, 2012 - 8:40am
Last updated 22 July, 2012 - 10:37am

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Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2012 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

Might be
a Common Whitetail instead--seems like they tend to have a broken white line instead of a solid stripe. Check this one out:



Here's a 12-Spotted Skimmer image I found:

Hope I'm helping!
… Tony Fuller, 22 July, 2012 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
thanks for comments
solid line vs broken line great way to distinguish them, didnt know there were 2 with similar wing patterns, thanks for id help
… Wildlife Sightings, 22 July, 2012 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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