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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pachydiplax » Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
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What is this dragonfly doing? - Pachydiplax longipennis
Copyright © 2017 Nevia Cashwell

What is this dragonfly doing? - Pachydiplax longipennis
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC, South Carolina, USA
May 22, 2017
Would like to know what type of dragonfly this is and what it is doing in this photo
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Contributed by Nevia Cashwell on 23 May, 2017 - 5:27pm
Last updated 13 August, 2017 - 1:00am

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… John S. Ascher, 13 August, 2017 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

Pachydiplax male
Just resting on a Lotus blossom (or Water Lily) where something like an Anax has emerged from its larval skin.
… john and jane balaban, 23 May, 2017 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks. I was wondering if i
thanks. I was wondering if it was doing something to the Anax.
… Nevia Cashwell, 24 May, 2017 - 4:19am login or register to post comments

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