Insect and Spider Identification: SOLVED: Another unknown dragonfly

Author Content Todd_Boland St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) July 30, 2006 11:24 PM Post #2568175 Seeing as there have been a few unknown dragonfly pics here...and now solved, I thought I'd see if anyone recognizes this species. I've seen them in two different areas and in both cases, they were doing the nasty...must be something in the air. I felt like a voyeur when I took the picture! Click the image for an enlarged view. wallaby1 Lincoln United Kingdom (Zone 8a) July 31, 2006 12:48 AM Post #2568472 Well I don't know what it is in the air, could be the water? Here's a site with lots of links and pics which may or may not be useful! http://www.ups.edu/x5666.xml DonnaA2Z Jacksonville, FL (Zone 9a) July 31, 2006 12:52 AM Post #2568486 Wow... cool!! kennedyh Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) July 31, 2006 12:57 AM Post #2568511 Todd, That dragonfly pair looks like the Crimson-ringed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia glacialis) http://bugguide.net/node/view/18331 http://www.dragonhunter.net/leucorrhinia_glacialis_m2.html http://www.odolep.com/d_libelluinae/leucorrhinia_glacialis3... Ken Todd_Boland St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) July 31, 2006 1:07 AM Post #2568560 That's what I thought they were but mine don't have the white face that my guides show them to have. Based on your links, at least two pic don't show the white face either, so I guess there must be variation in whether the face is white or not. Thanks for confirming the ID!

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