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Common Whitetail female

Plathemis lydia

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Females have a short, stout abdomen with several oblique dorsolateral white or pale yellow markings against a brown ground color; each wing has three black evenly-spaced blotches.

Habitat:

Grassy area in greenbelt.

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Common Whitetail

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