Meadowhawk
Sympetrum sp.
Meadowhawk · Upstate New York · 15 August 2025
A mature male meadowhawk in an Upstate meadow in August, the whole body flushed deep red. Meadowhawks are the dragonflies of late summer across the north, breeding in ponds and marshes and hunting the meadows around them, and they are often the last dragonfly seen before the frosts.
Several similar species share this exact colouring, and separating them reliably usually needs a close look at the legs and the hamules under the abdomen, neither visible in a shot like this.
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