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Checkered Setwing

Dythemis fugax

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Description:

Checkered Setwing have dark bases to the wings. The tips of the wings also often have a bit of dark color. Mature males develop a brown thorax and red eyes and face, while immature males look much like females but with more slender abdomens.

Habitat:

Near boardwalk across spillway of Belton Lake Dam

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PublishedJuly 25, 2014

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