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Dragonfly

Crocothemis erythraea

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Red-veined Darter or Nomad
Sympetrum fonscolombii Red-veined darter


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8 Comments

IvanPancic
IvanPancic 9 years ago

Thank you tmvdh.

IvanPancic
IvanPancic 9 years ago

Thank you Malcolm Wilton-Jones

This document is also good for Dragonfly IDs.
http://www.macromia.com/freedownloads/Li...

Yes, I checked against this list http://greekdragonfly.nature4stock.com/?... and it is the only Crocothemis species there. The second image on my reference link is a good likeness to this image. http://iucnredlist-photos.s3.amazonaws.c...
This document is also good for Dragonfly IDs.

IvanPancic
IvanPancic 9 years ago

Thank you bayucca

tmvdh
tmvdh 9 years ago

I think Malcolm is right. It doesn't look like S. fonscolombii...

I don't think this is Red-veined Darter the abdomen is too broad and the thorax is too red. It looks to me like the Broad Scarlet, Crocothemis erythraea.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Should be Sympetrum fonscolombii, male. Please, verify!

IvanPancic
Spotted by
IvanPancic

Δήμος Ζαγορίου, Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου, Greece

Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on Dec 18, 2014

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