Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
»
Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
»
Skimmers (Libellulidae)
»
Meadowhawks (Sympetrum)
»
Mature red adult: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum species group (Sympetrum Mature red adult: internum, janeae, obtrusum, rubicundulum species group)
Photo#71321
Copyright © 2006
Donna Hollinger
Ruby Meadowhawk? Dragonflies mating -
Sympetrum
-
Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
August 14, 2006
Size: 2 inches?
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
Donna Hollinger
on 17 August, 2006 - 9:04pm
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 1:55pm
Moved
Moved from
Meadowhawks
.
…
john and jane balaban
, 5 July, 2008 - 1:55pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
Dragonflies
.
…
john and jane balaban
, 24 September, 2006 - 8:39pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Meadowhawks
I agree with John and Jane, you have to be careful expressing much certainty with Meadowhawks, particularly with Ruby and Cherry-faced and White-faced.
Two traits to be on the lookout for (and to try to document with photos), are the color of the legs and the color of the "face."
Finding either pale legs or a white face can help with the ID. In this case I think I can just barely see a little of the female's face peeking out white. Not certain, though.
…
Stephen_WV
, 18 August, 2006 - 5:46am
login
or
register
to post comments
Sympetrum - yes
Ruby? We couldn't say. Just too hard to tell these dang things apart (though the common one in our nearby woods is rubicundulum) But we only know that from looking at hundreds of them over the course of the entire year!
…
john and jane balaban
, 17 August, 2006 - 9:58pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.