Yellow Skimmers:
Many species of Libellulidae (Skimmers) are sexually dimorphic, meaning that males and females of the same species often look very different. Most of this difference is exhibited in coloration.
Most of the mature male Whitefaces (Leucorrhia) and Meadowhawks (Sympetrum) are red and black while the immature males and the females are yellow/gold and black
Four-spotted Skimmer
Libellula quadrimaculata
Blue Dasher (female)
Pachydiplax longipennis
Wandering Glider
Pantala flavescens
Dot-tailed Whiteface (female)
Leucorrhinia intacta
Crimson-ringed Whiteface (female)
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Belted Whiteface (female)
Leucorrhinia proxima
Frosted Whiteface (female)
Leucorrhinia frigida
Hudsonian Whiteface (female)
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Black Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum danae
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum internum
Ruby Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Whiteface Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum obtrusum
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Saffron-winged Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum costiferum
Band-winged Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum semicinctum
Autumn Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum vicinum
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Variegated Meadowhawk (female)
Sympetrum corruptum