Band-winged Meadowhawk-Libellulidae Sympetrum semicinctum - Mating Pair   (formerly Western  Meadowhawk -   Libellulidae   Sympetrum   occidentale) Home     Animals      Birds        Butterflies      Dragonflies     Plants    Scenery    Spiders      Other Insects   Links-Contacts      Photo Details     Characteristics      Utah Range Map For all photos of  Mating Pair, scroll down.  For other photos/information, click on your choice of    MALE     FEMALE     OR     IMMATURE MALE

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Located 8 September, 2011 at 9840 South Jordan River Parkway, Salt Lake County, Utah Characteristics 1 to 1 1/2 inches long.  Male upper abdomen is deep red with black markings on the lower sides.  The top of segments 8 and 9  are black.  They have 3 black, irregular stripes on the sides of the thorax.  Eyes and face are dark orange-red. The wings are a rust color  from the base  to the  nodus (slight bend in a tthe wing). The female is yellow instead of red and sometimes the wings are not as colored as the male.  The immature male is colored like the female. Pronunciation lib-ell-YEW-lid-ee   sim-PEAT-rum    Back to Top