Libellula cyanea

Spangled skimmer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Libellula
Species: L. cyanea
Binomial name
Libellula cyanea
Fabricius, 1775

Libellula cyanea, the spangled skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the Libellula genus, native to the United States of America.[1] Males have blue a throax and admomen.

The females are brown with yellow stripes.They also have clear wings with brown wing tips.

References

http://bugguide.net/node/view/600

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