Red-veined Meadowhawk
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Sympetrum madidum is a species of dragonfly
in the family
Libellulidae
. The common name of Sympetrum madidum is red-veined meadowhawk.
. It has a length of 1 5/8 to 1 13/16 inches (40 to 45 mm). The abdomen of the red-veined meadowhawk is quite slender. The red-veined meadowhawks is distinguished from other Sympetrum species by the gold to red clouding of its wings and red wing veins. The male has red on the face and abdomen, while the thorax is dark and marked with two yellow spots on every side. The female is yellowish-brown. Every side of the thorax is marked with a pair of yellowish white stripes, and the top of the abdomen is marked with horizontal and vertical lines, making it appear much of a plaid pattern.
Dragonfly
A dragonfly is a winged insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera . It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Libellulidae
Libellulidae
The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Even if these are excluded , there still remains a...
. The common name of Sympetrum madidum is red-veined meadowhawk.
Adult
The red-veined meadowhawk is a medium-sized dragonfly, but its large for it genus it is in which is SympetrumSympetrum
Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in the North America...
. It has a length of 1 5/8 to 1 13/16 inches (40 to 45 mm). The abdomen of the red-veined meadowhawk is quite slender. The red-veined meadowhawks is distinguished from other Sympetrum species by the gold to red clouding of its wings and red wing veins. The male has red on the face and abdomen, while the thorax is dark and marked with two yellow spots on every side. The female is yellowish-brown. Every side of the thorax is marked with a pair of yellowish white stripes, and the top of the abdomen is marked with horizontal and vertical lines, making it appear much of a plaid pattern.
Naiad
The naiad of the red-veined meadowhawk is small in size with a length of 5/8 inch (16 mm). The color of the naiad is mottled green and brown. Its abdomen has several slender, slightly curved hooks along the top, and the last two abdominal segments have a single, rear-facing spine on every side. Red-veined meadowhawk naiads and striped meadowhawk naiads are extremely difficult to tell apart.Distribution
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