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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Setwings (Dythemis) » Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)
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swift setwing - Dythemis velox - female
Copyright © 2013 Mim Eisenberg

swift setwing - Dythemis velox - Female
Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
July 24, 2013
Shot through my window. It was on a stick of bamboo I put in the ground specifically for dragonflies to perch on.

I believe this is a female since, according to this book, the mark on S7 takes up much of the segment, which is the case for the setwing in my photo:

http://books.google.com/books?id=YQCW2OOXx9UC&pg=PA496&lpg=PA496&dq=swift+setwing+female&source=bl&ots=NxcjJngu0o&sig=jcFb541A0m_hUJu3D3qAUPy-mjE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v2vwUZjcAo2A9QTGuoCwBQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=swift%20setwing%20female&f=false
or
http://tinyurl.com/kbe6n6x
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Contributed by Mim Eisenberg on 24 July, 2013 - 6:34pm

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