Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Common statewide in NC, this dragon has a very distinctive wing pattern.
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Male
Korstian Division of Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC 24 June 2003		 Female
Blackwood Division of Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC 6 June 2006
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) Immature male
Hillsborough Division of Duke Forest,
Orange Co., NC 6 June 2004
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Created on ... July 13, 2003 | Updated on ... Dec 12, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu