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Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: JTF on September 20, 2009, 06:56:28 PM

Title: Dragonfly
Post by: JTF on September 20, 2009, 06:56:28 PM

Not sure what kind.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on September 20, 2009, 08:13:34 PM

It's a male of one of the Sympetrum meadowhawks.  White-faced, Cherry-faced, and Ruby Meadhawks are virtually indistinguishable unless you see an adult male White-faced like this guy:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4y4gRnPOTPU/SrGJZuRA6qI/AAAAAAAAAK4/-GkXuSQDyLM/s720/WF%20Meadowhawk%20headon.jpg)
All three species could be found at this time of year.  Yellow-legged Meadowhawks should be getting common soon, but they have much less black on the abdomen and yellow or brown legs.  I found a lot of White-faced Meadowhawks last weekend in Toronto.  
This pair was trying to mate, but I couldn't catch them in a good pose:
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4y4gRnPOTPU/SrGJZ0H1KxI/AAAAAAAAALA/A15jM7XfRfs/s576/WF%20Meadowhawk%20Pair.jpg)

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