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Libellula saturata
male: red-orange eyes, face, thorax, legs, abdomen and appendages; thorax unstriped; wings reddish from base to slightly beyond nodus, red streak along leading edge from nodus to stigma, red veins; wings when at rest held out flat, not downward female: usually paler than male, wings show an orange streak along the leading wing edges and brown streaks near the base; 2nd wing vein from front edge yellow; rarer male-like form exists
Sweetwater Wetlands water treatment facility and urban wildlife habitat.
Spotted on Oct 19, 2015
Submitted on Jan 26, 2016
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