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Spangled Skimmer
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Spangled Skimmer

Libellula cyanea

Libellula cyanea, the spangled skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the Libellula genus, native to the United States of America. Males have blue a throax and admomen.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104575.