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Darter
	Sympetrum fonscolombii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Arthropoda;
Class:	Insecta;
Order:	Odonata;
Family:	Libellulidae;
Genus:	Sympetrum;
Species
	see text

Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in the United States. There are more than 50 species, predominantly living in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; no Sympetrum are native to Australia.

Most North American darters fly in late summer and autumn, breeding in ponds and foraging over meadows. Commonly, they are yellow-gold as juveniles, with mature males and some females becoming bright red on part or all of their bodies. An exception to this color scheme is the Black Darter, Sympetrum danae.^[1]

[edit] Selected species

Sympetrum ambiguum - Blue-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum corruptum - Variegated Meadowhawk
Sympetrum costiferum - Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum danae - Black Darter or Black Meadowhawk
Sympetrum illotum - Cardinal Meadowhawk
Sympetrum flaveolum - Yellow-winged Darter
Sympetrum fonscolombii - Red-veined Darter
Sympetrum frequens - Akiakane
Sympetrum internum - Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum obtrusum - White-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum occidentale - Western Meadowhawk
Sympetrum pallipes - Striped Meadowhawk
Sympetrum pedemontanum - Banded Darter
Sympetrum rubicundulum - Ruby Meadowhawk
Sympetrum sanguineum - Ruddy Darter
Sympetrum semicinctum - Band-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter
Sympetrum vicinum - Yellow-legged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum vulgatum - Vagrant Darter

[edit] References

^ Needham, James G.; Minter J. Westfall, Jr. and Michael L. May (2000). Dragonflies of North America (rev. ed.). Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 795. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.

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[0] Needham, James G.; Minter J. Westfall, Jr. and Michael L. May (2000). Dragonflies of North America (rev. ed.). Gainesville, FL: Scientific Publishers. p. 795. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.

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