Side of abdomen with pink, red, and brown patterns; thorax with yellow spots ?
Is the face red, does the side of the abdomen have black triangles, and is the thorax a brownish black?
Variegated Meadowhawk
Sympetrum corruptum
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum internum

Written by Mark Lung and Stefan Sommer, 2000
Photos by Dennis Paulson, 2001.