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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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Dragonfly - Libellula flavida - male
Copyright © 2013 Thomas Dawson Twining

Dragonfly - Libellula flavida - Male
Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
June 19, 2013
Is this Libellula auripennis? It doesn't look 'perfectly' like the Golden-winged Skimmer pics.
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Contributed by Thomas Dawson Twining on 19 June, 2013 - 2:49pm
Last updated 22 June, 2013 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Thomas Dawson Twining, 22 June, 2013 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Yes. Better.
The brighter yellow veins (of L. flavida) threw me off. So then I went back and forth with Gayle & Jeanell Strickland Diagnosis web page.
Then the 3 paranal cells got me to L. auripennis. But the black parts
on the abdomen looked bigger than all the pictures. Now with a more fitting abdomen and a pick of three different costa colors combinations
I'm thinking Libellula flavida.
… Thomas Dawson Twining, 19 June, 2013 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Moving it
Thanks. Now I'm going to study up more on dragonflies and damselflies.
… Thomas Dawson Twining, 20 June, 2013 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

check
Libellula flavida and see what you think
… Bob Barber, 19 June, 2013 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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