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Sympetrum vulgatum
Female yellow, golden, brownish dragonfly, about 7 cm long from head to the tip of the tail
near water
@monkey mind
Spotted on Jul 4, 2011
Submitted on Jul 4, 2011
![[Sympetrum fonscolombii]](https://lh4.ggpht.com/jL2Mu9wH0iczRaz6W0S0c0HAVr_YLXSKhfRw1MA5-vJn2mzQTaOO8U7YG6EtZN_s3jZSH5QfB8V171gVaik=s62-c)
4 Comments
Cute eyes, Lovely catch.
thanks taka.ita! good job, I´ll update
My take: young male Sympetrum vulgatum. It has yellow on the legs, which rules out Sympetrum sanguineum (which has totally black legs) and leaves S. vulgatum and S. striolatum.
The abdomen has a bobble near the end (widens and gets smaller again), it has lots of yellow on the legs and it has a "moustache". That all points to S. vulgatum..
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