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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Amberwings (Perithemis) » Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
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Little red dragonfly - Perithemis tenera
Copyright © 2014 Jerry Friedman

Little red dragonfly - Perithemis tenera
Ohkay Owingeh Fishing Lakes, Española, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
July 22, 2014
Size: Small--50 mm?
On a broken cattail leaf next to a pond.

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Little red dragonfly - Perithemis tenera Little red dragonfly - Perithemis tenera
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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 22 July, 2014 - 7:30pm
Last updated 22 July, 2014 - 8:54pm

Moved
Moved from Amberwings. Identified by James N. Stuart at Odonata Central.
… Jerry Friedman, 22 July, 2014 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies. One of the Amberwings. First one posted from New Mexico. Don't know which species you have there. Will see what we can find out.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2014 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
I'd find it very easy to believe that this is P. intensa, unusual this far north according to Odonata Central.
… Jerry Friedman, 22 July, 2014 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, seems like from Odonata Central
that this should be Perithemis tenera.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2014 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh.
Guess I should have noticed that male P. tenera look like this. Somehow I just saw an image of a female.
… Jerry Friedman, 22 July, 2014 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

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