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Dragonfly sp. - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Copyright © 2006 Chantal Sakay

Dragonfly sp. - Pachydiplax longipennis - Male
South Florida, Florida, USA
May 10, 2006
Can someone please help identify this dragonfly? Thanks very much.
Contributed by Ann C. Pettigrew on 21 May, 2006 - 1:49pm
Last updated 7 July, 2007 - 1:41pm

Pachydiplax
This is a Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis. Appears to be a male. Note the white face and the amber-colored patch at the base of each wing.

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 21 May, 2006 - 4:11pm

 
Thank you, Joshua! Ann
Thank you, Joshua! Ann
… Ann C. Pettigrew, 21 May, 2006 - 6:29pm

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