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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Dragonlets (Erythrodiplax) » Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula)
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Dragonfly - Erythrodiplax minuscula
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Dragonfly - Erythrodiplax minuscula
Highlands Hammock State Park, Highland County, Florida, USA
January 22, 2006
In palmetto scrub near a lake
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 24 January, 2006 - 9:17pm
Last updated 27 January, 2006 - 6:48am

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… A.W. Thomas, 27 January, 2006 - 6:47am login or register to post comments

Looks like a male
Little Blue Dragonlet
… tom murray, 24 January, 2006 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks . . .
. . . Odonata is a new group for my exploring.
… Steve Scott, 24 January, 2006 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Ode IDs
Where possible, it is always good to photograph the side of the thorax of dragonflies, and also the face.

Two good keys for Little Blue Dragonlet are a blue to black face, and white appendages at the tip of the abdomen.

You don't mention size. As the name implies, Little Blue Dragonlet is a tiny species, so small that its size would really catch your attention.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 25 January, 2006 - 3:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
. . . for the tips.

Re: size. This one was about the size of the damselflies in the area.
… Steve Scott, 25 January, 2006 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

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