Amanda's Pennant (Celithemis amanda)

Female (above 3 photographs)- Croatan National Forest, Carteret County, North Carolina
August 20, 2005

(Note the yellow face, almost unmarked yellow thorax, yellow on abdominal segments S3-S7 and amber spot at base of hind wing with dark spots within)

Male- Croatan National Forest, Carteret County, North Carolina
August 9, 2006

(Note the brown thorax, light red spots on abdominal segments S3-S7, the amber base to the forewings and the two spots on the leading edge of the hindwing and reddish spot behind the amber mid-stripe.)