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Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

Photo by TamLar
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Field Notes

Description:

Male has a distnctive color pattern that which id black from the body to mid-point white then transparent on each wing. The body is usually gray. No other species has displays this wing pattern.

Habitat:

Ponds, lakes and marshes

Reference Links:

Widow skimmer

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