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Orthemis discolor female Found it near a stream where I have often seen the carmine males.<br />
OK ID doesn't work<br />
<a href="http://libellules-guyane.net/determiner/Orthemis_discolor/" rel="nofollow">http://libellules-guyane.net/determiner/Orthemis_discolor/</a><br />
there is even a photo on the english wiki<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carmine_skimmer_(Orthemis_discolor)_female.JPG" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carmine_skimmer_(Orthemis_discolor)_female.JPG</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/GalleryAction.viewImage/id/35763/submission/0/taxon_id/47383/from/bySpecies" rel="nofollow">http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/GalleryAction.viewImage/id/35763/submission/0/taxon_id/47383/from/bySpecies</a><br />
<a href="http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/Redirect.jsp?displayFormat=html&dataSourceName=odonataofcostarica_1321652367880&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables&uniqueID=1367239511546" rel="nofollow">http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/Redirect.jsp?displayFormat=html&dataSourceName=odonataofcostarica_1321652367880&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables&uniqueID=1367239511546</a><br />
it is * not * the ferruginea<br />
<a href="http://allodonata.com/dgfyv5/public/media/pics/a539/orthemis_ferruginea_2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://allodonata.com/dgfyv5/public/media/pics/a539/orthemis_ferruginea_2.jpg</a> Carmine Skimmer,Costa Rica,Fall,Geotagged,Libellulidae,Orthemis discolor,anisoptera,dragonfly,insect,libellule,libelula,odonata,white silicon

Orthemis discolor female

Found it near a stream where I have often seen the carmine males.
OK ID doesn't work
http://libellules-guyane.net/determiner/Orthemis_discolor/
there is even a photo on the english wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carmine_skimmer_(Orthemis_discolor)_female.JPG

http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/GalleryAction.viewImage/id/35763/submission/0/taxon_id/47383/from/bySpecies
http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/Redirect.jsp?displayFormat=html&dataSourceName=odonataofcostarica_1321652367880&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables&uniqueID=1367239511546
it is * not * the ferruginea
http://allodonata.com/dgfyv5/public/media/pics/a539/orthemis_ferruginea_2.jpg

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The Carmine Skimmer

The Carmine Skimmer, Orthemis discolor, is a dragonfly in the Orthemis genus.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Annette Flottwell

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Uploaded Dec 11, 2015. Captured Dec 9, 2015 16:04 in Unnamed Road, Costa Rica.

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NIKON D3X
f/10.0
1/250s
ISO1000
180mm

Captured in the fall. More fall photos.