Yellow-winged Darter
Sympetrum flaveolum

Yorkshire Branch of the British Dragonfly Society

 

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Length 34mm, Wings 55mm 

Male Thorax reddish-brown, and abdomen orange-red. Yellow suffusion to basal half of wings and veins. 

Females  Thorax and abdomen yellow-brown. Yellow suffusion to basal half of wings and veins less extensive than males.

Habitat  Vagrant from Europe, marshy pools, lakes and ditches.

Flight Period June - September.

Yellow-winged Darter Distribution

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