(formerly Western Meadowhawk - Libellulidae Sympetrum occidentale)
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Details August 5, 2005, Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah ŠNicky Davis Characteristics 1 to 1 1/2 inches long. Male upper abdomen is dark 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 |