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Belonging to the order Odonata
beautiful flying insects. Long thin bodies with two eyes touching and transparent wings on top of their body
Live around bodies of water.
I'm not sure what kind this one is. There are about 5000 species and around 450 in North America.
Spotted on Jul 11, 2011
Submitted on Sep 7, 2011
2 Comments
Yes, it is Libellula pulchella. One of the first odes I caught back in 1969!
Nice shot!
I think it could be a Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella), take a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-spot...