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Blue Dasher Dragonfly (male)

Pachydiplax longipennis

Photo by gatorfellows
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Description:

A small blue dragonfly with a white face, a black tip to the abdomen, and a black-and-yellow-striped thorax. Both sexes have an amber patch at the base of each hindwing. Males develop a sky-blue (or Carolina-blue) abdomen when they approach maturity and jade green eyes.

Habitat:

On Creeping Water Primrose, Ludwigia peploides, in a city maintained retention pond.

Reference Links:

Blue Dasher, Species Pachydiplax longipennis - Blue Dasher - BugGuide.Net

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