Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis) is a brightly-colored, southern species which frequents vegetated ponds, lakes, or marshes, especially shallow, grassy ones (Paulson, 2011). This species is widely distributed in Maryland, though rather sparsely. There are records of this uncommon species from ten counties across the state (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). This dragonfly is ranked as S3 (watch list).
There are 67 records in the project database.
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