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Painted Skimmer

Libellula semifasciata

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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful large yellow dragonfly with 3 brown stripes on each wing

Habitat:

Found in urban school vegetable garden

Notes:

Surprisingly stayed still long enough to get camera & take picture

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Comments (1)
Tukup
Nice shot Charlotte. Dragonflies are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Global Schoolyard Bioblitz!
Photographed
PublishedMay 13, 2019

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