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Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

Photo by rabaker96
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Field Notes

Description:

Male. Pruinescence over body, dark broad wing bands basally on both fore- and hind-wings, white on wings just past dark bands. Dark face.

Habitat:

Near slow-moving spring-fed stream. Also seen further from the stream, along edge of tree-cover.

Notes:

Photographed July 13, 2013 near Bull Creek, Austin, TX.

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