The White-faced Meadowhawk

Sympetrum obtrusum

Description:

The White-faced Meadowhawk: - is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum. Adult males are identifiable by a distinctive pure white face and red bodies. Similar species: Juvenile White-faced Meadowhawks - are almost indistinguishable from the Ruby and Cherry-faced Meadowhawks. The three species habitats also overlap extensively. White-faces can be identified by having white faces, as the name implies, at maturit.

Habitat:

Marshes, ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, occasionally bogs.

Notes:

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37 Comments (1–25)

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

...thanks a lot Ms. Victoria...

victoria.vikspics 12 years ago

awesome macro shot,

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

Luke Thank u...:D

LukeMalone 12 years ago

Nice!

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

salamat bai...!!!

aldrin 12 years ago

payter kau!

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks to you Ms. Cherrey!!!

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks Liz..!!!

iamcherreymaiya 12 years ago

who would've thought this thing is really too small.. amazing! incredible!

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

hehehe...thanks carol...oh...is it?lols....!!!!

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

Thank u Linda...i called it " ON YOU FACE" shoot..lol...thanks anyway...

CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

Great photo and I like your name. Snowflake is one of my nicknames.

LindaGuastamachio 12 years ago

Awesome photo! Love the face.

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

....happy sunday everyone... :-)))

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

Aarongunnar, you're right...but i think this type of dragonfly are very common mostly here in Asia...got a lot of like this also in Philippines...

MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks for viewing andyarct....!

Aarongunnar 12 years ago

that is an amazing photo, however, and I hate to be nitpicky, but Sympetrum obtrusum is a North American species and would not be expected to be found in Singapore