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Blue Pirate
Pachydiplax longipennis
26.2237, -80.1967
Field Notes
Description:
A small blue dragonfly with a white face, a black tip to the abdomen, and a black-and-yellow-striped thorax. Females are recognized by the narrow yellow parallel stripes on the abdomen. Both sexes have an amber patch at the base of each hind wing. Males develop a sky-blue (or Carolina-blue) abdomen when they approach maturity. Fully mature males are powdery blue with jade-green eyes.
Habitat:
Ponds, lakes, marshes, and bogs. Can be found almost anywhere there is still water. Larva is highly tolerant of wetlands with poor water quality and low dissolved-oxygen levels.
Notes:
Range: Much of the United States, and just edging into Canada. In the United States, absent from the Dakotas and the Rocky Mountain region. Range continues into Mexico.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 16, 2016
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