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Blue Corporal, teneral male

Ladona deplanata

Photo by ForestDragon
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium small sized dragonfly. Brown with dark stripes on the abdomen. White stripes on the "shoulders". Small dark area on the wings where they meet the body. Teneral (immature) males and females are this color.

Habitat:

Sears Bellows County Park, New York. Next to Bellows Pond, landed repeatedly on the ground.

Reference Links:

Species Ladona deplanata - Blue Corporal - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
ForestDragon
Thanks so much, Geodialist! I thought that it was but I wasn't sure enough to post it as a male (now I can).
Geodialist
This individual is a young male, as indicated by its partial pruinosity and by its terminal appendages. (Good idea to shoot a close-up of the tip of the abdomen!)

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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nature of new york
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New England Arthropods

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PublishedJune 11, 2013

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