This was a strikingly beautiful, large, red dragonfly that was perched on a dead twig, about a meter above shallowly flowing water.With some reservations, this seems to be a male Western Meadowhawk (Sympetrum occidentale, treated by some as a subspecies within S. semincinctum).Its large size and the fact that its abdomen was not "bright" red are some of the reasons for my reservation about the ID, plus the fact that I wasn't able to get any other shots from different angles to confirm other markings and characteristics.Sept. 18, 2016, along the Green River, Crystal Geyser area, Grand County, Utah, at an elevation of 4,050 ft.
Summary[edit] Author: xpda. Description: Sympetrum semicinctum, band-winged meadowhawk, Western subspecies (formerly S. occidentale), ID Confidence: 89. Depicted place: Mesa County, CO. Date: 28 July 2011. Credit line: Robert Webster / xpda.com / CC-BY-SA-4.0. References: Pictures from Earth, Sympetrum semicinctum. Source: Own work. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.