DragonFly users List (threaded) for 2008-02
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Re: Introduction
On 26/02/2008, Colin Adams <colinpauladams@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 26/02/2008, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote:
> > :P.S. Can someone tell me the scientific name of the species pictured
> > :in the mascot?
> >
> > I'm afraid I don't know. I took that picture in my garden, in
> > Berkeley, California.
>
>
> Well, I will find out. It is almost certainly a Darter (Sympetrum) -
> although you Americans call them Meadowhawks.
>
It's hard to be certain, but it looks like Sympetrum Illotum (Cardinal
Meadowhawk).
See http://southwestdragonflies.net/swanisoptera.html#Meadowhawks for pictures.
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