Several Needham’s Skimmer dragonflies (Libellula needhami) were spotted during a photowalk at River Towers Condominiums (RTC), Fairfax County, Virginia USA.
Females
The following photos show two females, as indicated by their coloration and terminal appendages.

19 JUL 2019 | RTC | Needham’s Skimmer (female)
Notice the natural variation in the coloration of the two females.

19 JUL 2019 | RTC | Needham’s Skimmer (female)
Male
A single mature male was spotted near the location where the females were photographed.

19 JUL 2019 | RTC | Needham’s Skimmer (mature male)

19 JUL 2019 | RTC | Needham’s Skimmer (mature male)
Editor’s Note: This is the same location I described in “Ground truth,” posted on 02 March 2016. As I speculated in the post, by mid-July the banks of the stream were so choked with vegetation that I was unable to do more than work the edges of the thicket.
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