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Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

Description:

Females and immature males have the same brown wing bands as the mature males, but not the whitish areas. Wings usually have a brown tip. A dorsal view of the abdomen shows a brown band at center with a yellow stripe running along each side. Mature males have a large basal area of brown on each of the four wings, and each wing also has a whitish area roughly at the middle. Their brown bodies become increasingly pruinose (whitish) as they get older.

Habitat:

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joanbstanley
Spotted by
joanbstanley

Denton, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jul 22, 2013
Submitted on Jul 26, 2013

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