Black Meadowhawk
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
- - - Genus: Sympetrum
- - - - Species: danae
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Black Meadowhawk, Male, Bog Tank, Apache, AZ, 16 July 2016
Species to compare (enter common name)
Black Meadowhawk, Male, Sitka, AK, 3 August 2023
Black Meadowhawk, Male (same as above), Bog Tank, Apache, AZ, 30 August 2009
Black Meadowhawk, Male, Bog Tank, Apache, AZ, 30 August 2009
Black Meadowhawk, freshly emerged male with exuvia, Sitka, AK, 29 July 2023
Black Meadowhawk, Male, Sitka, AK, 3 August 2023
Black Meadowhawk, Female, Sitka, AK, 3 August 2023
Black Meadowhawk, Female, Bog Tank, Apache, AZ, 16 July 2016
Black Meadowhawk, Teneral female, Sitka, AK, 30 July 2023
Black Meadowhawk, Female, Sitka, AK, 3 August 2023
Comparison: Band-winged vs Black Meadowhawk (female)
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Band-winged MeadowhawkSympetrum semicinctum -
Black MeadowhawkSympetrum danae