Autumn meadowhawk ( Sympetrum vicinum ) by Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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08-AUG-2011	Christine Hanrahan

Seeing this little meadowhawk, one of the later season species, reminds us that summer is moving inexorably toward autumn.

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reflectionsofnature		08-Aug-2011 19:39
...and hopefully towards cooler temperatures! How does one go about identifying Autumn Meadowhawk this early? I saw a number of brown meadowhawks today and wonder if they may have been these.

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