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Perithemis tenera
It is very small, reaching a total length of no more than 25 mm. The males have orange or amber wings. Both genders have a red pterostigma.
City owned retention pond.
This species is quite small, much smaller than the skimmers (note how short the abdomen is relative to the very broad wings). This makes the shape of this species quite different from almost all other dragonflies.
Spotted on Aug 23, 2013
Submitted on Aug 27, 2013
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