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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Dragonflies and Damselflies</title>
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		<title>Mating Variegated Meadowhawks</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/11/mating-dragonflies-skimmers-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mating dragonflies
September 10, 2009
I saw these dragonflies in my garden a few days ago (in September). I thought it was interesting that they were able to fly while coupled together. Fortunately they landed on a lovely pink dahlia and allowed me to take some close-ups of them.
I thought these would be a good addition for [...]


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		<title>Unknown Darner is probably Swamp Darner</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/04/unknown-darner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mosaic or hero darner?
September 3, 2009
At first I thought it was a low plane, but it was just this injured dragonfly. I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s a mosaic darner; it didn&#8217;t last long after it landed on the garden hose. The wingspan was a bit over 5 1/4 inches-pretty huge.
dexter
southeastern LI, NY, USA
Dear Dexter,
There are people out [...]


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		<title>European Hornet eats Dragonfly (Unknown Darner??)</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/03/european-hornet-eats-dragonfly-unknown-darner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/03/european-hornet-eats-dragonfly-unknown-darner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large redand yellow bee/wasp?
September 2, 2009
Would like to know the name of this bee-like bug that I found eating a dragonfly
Wondering999
Odenton, Maryland
Dear Wondering999,
The predator in your photo is a European Hornet, Vespa crabo, an introduced species, so we are tagging it as an Invasive Exotic.  You can read about the species on BugGuide.  The prey [...]


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		<title>Two Skimmers:  Slaty Skimmer and Widow Skimmer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/15/two-skimmers-slaty-skimmer-and-widow-skimmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please name these dragonflies!
August 11, 2009
I found these battered bugs along a dusty south Kansas roadside in early August.
The slender one looks somewhat like a meadowhawk, but its eyes are brown and its body blue-black.
The old warrior resembles a male widow skimmer, but lacks the white patches on the wings.
Can you identify them?
Digital Dave
East of [...]


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		<title>Band Winged Meadowhawk</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/15/band-winged-meadowhawk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty red Dragonfly
August 12, 2009
I came home this afternoon (8-12-09) to see this guy flitting around my daylilies. He was just so pretty and the red color was stunning! I hurried in to grab my husband&#8217;s camera to try and take some pictures. I say try as HE is the photographer (he does weddings and [...]


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		<title>Flame Skimmer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/15/flame-skimmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dragonfly resubmission
August 14, 2009
Here in Sacramento, Ca., for years in the summer I&#8217;ve seen dragonflies perch on the tip of the radio antennae of my car, presumably looking for prey.
For the past ten years I’ve seen black and gray ones, but this year it seems to be all reddish orange ones like the pictures I [...]


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		<title>Widow Skimmer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/02/widow-skimmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dragonfly ID
August 1, 2009
This was taken in NJ 8/2/09. Can you you ID?
Thanks Brian
Williamstown NJ
Hi Brian,
This is a male Widow Skimmer, Libellula luctuosa.  According to BugGuide:  &#8220;Mature males have a large basal area of brown on each of the four wings, and each wing also has a whitish area roughly at the middle. Their brown [...]


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		<title>Common Whitetail:  Teneral Male</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/02/common-whitetail-teneral-male/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/02/common-whitetail-teneral-male/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dragonfly &#8211; Whitetail?
August 1, 2009
These big guys follow my mom around while she gardens all the time in the summer, I think mostly because she uproots the rocks around the garden&#8217;s edge and exposes a ton of little insects that all flee. This time she asked me to follow her around as well to get [...]


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		<title>Metamorphosis of a Dragonfly</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/29/metamorphosis-of-a-dragonfly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/29/metamorphosis-of-a-dragonfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this critter a Phytocoris varipes?
July 29, 2009
I found this critter on the control weir of a retention pond this morning. The fresh moulted shell was about two inches away from it and looks exactly like the pictures I can find on the Internet of Phytocoris varipes but the large growth between the body and [...]


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		<title>Ebony Jewelwing</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/21/ebony-jewelwing-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebony Jewelwing
July 20, 2009
Hi there,
Love your site. My kids are budding entomologists and we spend our summers finding bugs all day. This one was so pretty I thought i&#8217;d send you the picture. Looked it up on your site to find out &#8211; i&#8217;m pretty sure &#8211; an ebony jewelwing damselfly. The photo doesn&#8217;t do [...]


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