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Scarlet dragonfly
Crocothemis erythraea
Skimmers
(Libellulidae)
♂completely red.
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Sturdy dragonfly with a flattened rear body. The adult ♂ is completely red, the ♀ and young ♂ are brown-yellowish. The leading wing edge is orange-red. The legs are coloured and have no black. ⇔ l. 36-54 mm LA: ≈ The PYRRHOSOMA NYMPHULA (Large red damselfly) keeps its wings backwards when resting, has a slimmer rear body and a coloured breast. ≈ The red SYMPETRUM (Darters) have a rounder body and no red eyes.
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1 LookAlikes (LA):
Large Red Damselfly
Scarlet dragonfly
Vuurlibel
Feuerlibelle
Libellule écarlate
Frecciarossa
Crocothemis erythraea [L.]
Crocothemis erythraea [L.]
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