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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Meadowhawks (Sympetrum)
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Meadowhawk? - Sympetrum
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Meadowhawk? - Sympetrum
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
September 11, 2004
I can see the edge of the face and it almost looks white.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 3 January, 2014 - 6:34am
Last updated 22 October, 2014 - 11:20am

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
… Greg W. Lasley, 22 October, 2014 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

There are 3 species of meadow
There are 3 species of meadowhawks which can be virtually impossible to ID to species level without in-hand (with a 10X loupe) examination of the hamules (males) or subgenital plates (females). This is one of the following:
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obstrusum)
I just don't any way to determine which from a photo.
… Greg W. Lasley, 22 October, 2014 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

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