CLOSED: please identfy Odonata

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BerkeleyAnnie Berkeley, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 11, 2008

pretty pretty
it seemed to like me.
Sympetrum ?

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 11, 2008

Could be a Darter, but it looks more like a Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata, or a Libellula sp.:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bugguide.net/images/cache/4HDHMHTHEHEZXLWZ4L6ZIHDHZLAHZLEZSLAZXLRRMLYH5LUZ5LAZ8L9ZGL9ZXLLRGLLRWHNZ5LZR9HHRPHZR.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bugguide.net/node/view/963/bgimage&h=373&w=560&sz=19&hl=en&start=15&sig2=PmifAPPE9O8H8JtaC8Bi4g&um=1&tbnid=XH8QKseonZkXZM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=133&ei=BL53SOSSHImyepHBkK0E&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflame%2Bskimmer%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den

It has a white dorsal stripe and the color in the wings.

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BerkeleyAnnie Berkeley, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 11, 2008

thanks...i think your right!
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