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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)
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Unidentified Dragonfly = Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea) - Libellula cyanea - male
Copyright © 2014 John C Moerk

Unidentified Dragonfly = Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea) - Libellula cyanea - Male
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
July 8, 2014
Wings resemble Black-faced Skimmer, but but body color is different than Audubon pic
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Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 10 August, 2014 - 10:24am
Last updated 23 October, 2014 - 7:06am

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Greg W. Lasley, 23 October, 2014 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

Black-faced Skimmer is not a
Black-faced Skimmer is not a name in usage any longer. If you obtain any books newer that 10 years old, this critter is known as Spangled Skimmer. As John and Jane said, this is a young male.
… Greg W. Lasley, 23 October, 2014 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2014 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Spangled
Young male
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2014 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks - not in Audubon (as u
Thanks - not in Audubon (as usual)
… John & Barbara Moerk, 10 August, 2014 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

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