White-faced meadowhawk
White-faced meadowhawk | |
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Immature female, central Connecticut | |
Mature male, Temagami, Ontario | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Sympetrum |
Species: | S. obtrusum
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Binomial name | |
Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1867)
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The white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum. It is found in the northern United States and southern Canada. Adult males are identifiable by a distinctive pure white face and red bodies.[1] However, females are usually yellowish or brown.[2]
Similar species[edit]
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 maturity.[1]
- Sympetrum internum – cherry-faced meadowhawk
- Sympetrum rubicundulum – ruby meadowhawk
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dunkle, S.W., Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press, 2000:201.
- ^ Marshall, Stephen A. (2006). Insects: their natural history and diversity; with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America. A Firefly book (2. printing ed.). Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-55297-900-6.
External links[edit]
- Species Sympetrum obtrusum - White-Faced Meadowhawk, BugGuide.Net