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Eight-spotted Skimmer
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Eight-spotted Skimmer

Libellula forensis

The eight-spotted skimmer (Libellula forensis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family.

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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 84369.