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Common Whitetail Dragonfly

Plathemis lydia

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Field Notes

Notes:

Sorry the picture's so blurry but this is all I got before it flew away. You can still see the markings pretty well, though.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Marianne Wells
http://bugguide.net/node/view/603/bgimage (thanks to Gordon :)
Ashish
Thanks Gordon, I am also looking for it...!!!
Gordon Dietzman
I suspect that this is a female common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia). Take a look at this page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/445687/bgimage. If you want to widen the search start here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/381/bgimage?from=96
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PublishedApril 27, 2011

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