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Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia
33.3749, -96.4743
Field Notes
Description:
Description
Stocky, brown dragonfly with clear, black-banded wings and brown eyes; males with chalky white abdomen (last segment of body); female’s abdomen brown with two light yellow side stripes; perch with body and wings horizontal on ground or low-lying plant stems
Habitat:
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Notes:
The adult male common whitetail skimmer has a bluish-white tail that it uses to flash warnings to other males that intrude into his territory. This whitish tail coloration, however, is not its actual color, but a waxy covering called "prunosity," that naturally occurs as the dragonfly matures.
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