Twelve-Spotted Skimmer
Libellula pulchella
Female


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female 12 spotted skimmer
 



 
 
Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis

Located perching on a dead twig of some Russian Olives in  an irrigation ditch off the road to Great Salt Lake from Goshen, Utah

Description
Female
* Brown abdomen
* Continuous yellow side stripe
* 3 dark spots and no white spots on wings (dark spot at the tip of each wing)
* length 51-58 mm, wingspan 84-92mm
  Information from  "Common Dragonflies of the Southwest" by Kathy Biggs

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