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Sympetrum vulgatum
Seen on a meadow near the village of Tutzing at Starnberger Lake in Bavaria / Germany
Thank you very much for your ID suggestion, you're completely right, I didn't check the legs, this is not sanguineum, but vulgatum, I've changed the names now :-)
To explain my ID-suggestion:
Your dragonfly has yellow on its legs. S. sanguineum has totally black legs. Your dragonfly also has a pointed ovipositor, which makes it a female S. vulgatum.
Spotted on Aug 15, 2012
Submitted on Aug 25, 2012
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