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Painted Skimmer

Libellula semifasciata

Photo by sara.albassam
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Field Notes

Notes:

Saw this beautiful dragon fly on my way to the MoMA in Manhattan!

Species ID Suggestions

Painted Skimmer

Libellula semifasciata

Reference Link
Brian Parsons
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Comments (2)
ForestDragon
I love finding wildlife in the City! I live on Long Island and my husband and I visit NYC to go to museums and other things often enough. I agree with Brian's ID suggestion. Nice find! Here is the species page from Bugguide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4085
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PublishedMay 29, 2013

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