Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Golden-winged Skimmer

Libellula auripennis

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Skimmers Libellulidae Family
Tawny Pennant Brachymesia herbida Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis Hudsonian Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta Golden-winged Skimmer Libellula auripennis Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera To report a new county record: Record Form	Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata Blue-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum ambiguum Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum Western Meadowhawk Sympetrum occidentale fasciatum Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes Ruby Meadowhawk Sympetrum rubicundulum Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta	The Golden-winged Skimmer male has an orange face, stigma, wing veins and abdomen. In females and young males, those areas are yellow and there are two stripes on each side of the thorax. They perch on weed tips at water's edge.
		Golden-winged Skimmer
		Size: 51-58 mm (2.0-2.3 in) Habitat: grassy ponds and lakes Great Plains Range: TX, OK, KS, NE, MO Flight season: June to August
		Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database. Green indicates record in Sibley database. Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.

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