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Female Common Whitetail Dragonfly

Plathemis lydia

Photo by RonaldOrosz
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

There are blue dragonflies just like this one......or is this a dragonfly?

Species ID Suggestions

Common Whitetail (female)

Plathemis lydia

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (2)
Jacob Gorneau
If the other dragonflies flying around looked like this one: http://bugguide.net/node/view/815265/bgimage Yes, they are the same species. If not, it is another species.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2013

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