Male Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans).
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) male.
Forewings of female Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella). I found this with a little bit of thorax exoskeleton a few blocks from home. Extremely lightweight, and prone to blowing away in a weak breeze.
Some magnification. 
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) female. Hindwings are especially wide on this species.
Venation
2 responses to “Venation”
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I remain in awe of your beautiful photography, especially the tiny things and the very active, like dragonflies. Also I had tried my hand at identification a couple years ago and found I could not see them well enough to do much ID-ing. Thanks for the lovely blog.
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I’ve been working on dragonflies and damselflies for a few summers now. Not easy, especially the tiny damsels, which really need optical enhancement (that is if one isn’t using a net, which I don’t). And there are some dragonflies, the meadow hawks and gliders, that never seem to stop (during the day), meaning I have to accept that they were very hard to ID.
Backyard and Beyond 
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