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Common Whitetail dragonfly (female)
Libellula lydia
38.7498, -77.0717
Field Notes
Description:
This individual is a female, as indicated by its brown body and mid-wing brownish-black bands that do not go edge-to-edge on its translucent wings. (Males have a white abdomen and mid-wing brownish-black bands that go edge-to-edge on its translucent wings.)
Habitat:
The Children’s Garden at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School. Related Resource: http://www.fcps.edu/HollinMeadowsES/
Notes:
Related Resource: http://waltersanford.posterous.com/common-whitetail-dragonflies-female-… (a recent post on my Posterous photoblog)
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Photographed
PublishedAugust 13, 2011
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