Is the thorax without stripes, the face white, and does the red abdomen have black triangles?	Are the legs partially yellow with black spines, and does the side of the thorax have light colored stripes?
White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum	Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes

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