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Common Whitetail Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - male
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Common Whitetail Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - Male
Daphne (Village Point Preserve), Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
June 30, 2009
It would not be fair not to represent a male, also.
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 30 June, 2009 - 1:26pm

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