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Bleached Skimmer (male)

Libellula composita

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

Typical skimmer draonfly, but with reduced brown markings on wings.

Habitat:

Along a berm through mostly evaporated salt pan at southern edge of the Great Salt Lake.

Notes:

My wife, Heidi, spotted this one, an uncommon species with an odd distribution in the western U.S.

Reference Links:

Bleached Skimmer (Libellula composita) - Information on Bleached Skimmer, Species Libellula composita - Bleached Skimmer - BugGuide.Net

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