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Blue Dasher Dragonfly
Pachydiplax longipennis
33.0786, -97.0718
Field Notes
Description:
A small blue dragonfly with a white face, a black tip to the abdomen, and a black-and-yellow-striped thorax. Both sexes have an amber patch at the base of each hindwing. Males develop a sky-blue (or Carolina-blue) abdomen when they approach maturity.
Habitat:
On vegetation in a school pond.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 30, 2014
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