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Trumpet-tail or Grizzled Pintail Dragonfly

Acisoma panorpoides

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, blue dragonfly with abruptly tapering abdomen. Thorax is blue. Legs are black.

Habitat:

This one was sitting quietly on a grassy verge.

Notes:

Reportedley, this species is closely associated with water. There were two very large water bodies near where it was spotted. Global distribution is wide.

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Acisoma panorpoides

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PublishedJune 30, 2014

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