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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
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Dragonfly - Libellula incesta - male
Copyright © 2007 Michael Garcia

Dragonfly - Libellula incesta - Male
Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
September 2, 2005
Size: 51mm
Length: 51mm Abdomen: 35mm Wingspan: 80mm Hindwing: 37mm. Found hovering in grassy egde of a grove on a military base.

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Contributed by Michael Garcia on 5 February, 2007 - 10:42pm
Last updated 7 February, 2007 - 2:00pm

Slaty Skimmer?
The colour looks like a Male Slaty Skimmer to me but I don't know that they would occur that far south. I know them as a Central and Northern Canada species, very rare even in my area(Hamilton). Any US'ers know?
Slaty Skimmer Page here.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 6 February, 2007 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

 
Slaty Skimmer it is!
Looked at the Bugguide map for the species, and the Slaty Skimmer is found throughout the eastern United States. I also checked the distribution on the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center website, and keyed it out through a Discover Life key. Measurements match up to the ones for Libellula incesta in A Manual of the Dragonflies of North America, James G. Needham & Minter J. Westfall Jr. circa 1955. I'll move it there as soon as someone seconds my findings.
… Michael Garcia, 6 February, 2007 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Slaty
Looks like Slaty. They occur all the way down to south Florida. I regularly see them in my part of the state

Eric Haley
Orlando, FL
… Eric Haley, 7 February, 2007 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

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