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Common Whitetail (immature adult) - Plathemis lydia - male
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Common Whitetail (immature adult) - Plathemis lydia - Male
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
June 27, 2009
Immature male Common Whitetail? Is so, this begs the question: do I check the "immature" box or reserve that for the larval form and just state that it's an immature adult male...

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Common Whitetail (immature adult) - Plathemis lydia - male Common Whitetail (immature adult) - Plathemis lydia - male
Contributed by Kevin Hall on 28 June, 2009 - 12:08am
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 1:43am

Check the "adult" box
This is an adult, just a young adult. (and your ID is correct!)
… john and jane balaban, 28 June, 2009 - 1:05am

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