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Libellula incesta
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Libellula
Species:	L. incesta
Binomial name
Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861

Libellula incesta, the slaty skimmer, is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Adults are 5.28 cm (2.08 in) long. Mature males are dark blue with black heads. Females and juveniles have brown abdomens with a darker stripe down their backs. Adults fly from June to August. Larvae are habitat specialists, found in the benthos of permanent lakes.

References

1. Mead, Kurt. 2009. Dragonflies of the North Woods, Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas.
2. McCauley, S. J. (2007). "The Role of Local and Regional Processes in Structuring Larval Dragonfly Distributions across Habitat Gradients". Oikos. 116 (1). : 121–133. JSTOR 40234985. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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