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Twelve Spotted Skimmer

Libellula pulchella

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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:

Nilwood, Illinois

Park Forest, Illinois

Lincoln, Nebraska

Roswell, New Mexico

Glouster, Ohio

Colcord, Oklahoma

New Caney, Texas

Hatton, Washington

Kalama, Washington

Othello, Washington

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Mainer

Durham, ME (Zone 3a) | June 2009 | Neutral

The top pic looks like the twelve spotted skimmer to me but the last two are not the same dragonfly. Notice the white spots in the wings of the top one and the brownish body.

The others look like the odonata libellula lydia or female common whitetail that live here in Maine.

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