Genus
Sympetrum (Meadowhawks)
Sympetrum illotum. Photo: (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America. The more than 50 species predominantly live in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; no Sympetrum species is native to Australia.
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