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Young male - turning blue - Libellula pulchella - male
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Young male - turning blue - Libellula pulchella - Male
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
May 28, 2007
Young male just beginning to pruinesce, in a swale running through an oak woodland.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 May, 2007 - 9:50pm
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 4:14pm

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