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Small blue dragonfly - Spot-tailed Dasher - Micrathyria aequalis ? - Micrathyria aequalis

Small blue dragonfly - Spot-tailed Dasher - Micrathyria aequalis ? - Micrathyria aequalis
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 29, 2014
Size: 1.5 inches long or less
Very small dragonfly landed on a twig just over the water. Mostly light blue in color but darkening to a black tail that got wider at the end and had two white spots on it.

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.

There just is not any other s
There just is not any other species in the U.S. or Mexico that fits except Spot-tailed Dasher. The blue visible on the frons might be reflection....don't know, but it looks pretty typical for a male of that species.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Spot-tailed?

 
Could be
That could be the answer though the nose looks blue instead of black and the eyes don't really look green. This is the right area for a spot-tailed, though.

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