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Sympetrum corruptum
Brown, white, and orange female dragonfly with pink eyes. The thorax has a yellow spot with a white, diagonal stripe on the side.
Chaparral at Lake Hodges
Spotted on Oct 12, 2013
Submitted on Oct 12, 2013
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Thank you Karen. Such beautiful photos!
http://odonata.bogfoot.net/photo-pages/S... one of my fav id websites for dragonfly
Thank you for the information! I'll update the spotting to include the gender.
Beautiful palette of colors -- the background really complements the foreground! This individual is a male, as indicated by its terminal appendages.