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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pachydiplax » Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
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Which dragonfly, please? - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Which dragonfly, please? - Pachydiplax longipennis - Male
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 29, 2007
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 29 May, 2007 - 9:56pm
Last updated 12 June, 2007 - 11:47pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 12 June, 2007 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

btw
Great photo.
… Dan K., 31 May, 2007 - 6:12am login or register to post comments

blue dasher?
I would say that is most likely a blue dasher (female)... But I'm not 100% sure. The coloring is a bit off. Anyone want to confirm or correct?
… Dan K., 31 May, 2007 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

 
Certainly agree with Pachdiplax, but...
Can't quite make out the end of the abdomen, but would say this is a young male. We're also guessing the milky cloudiness you see over the abdomen is the first sign of the pruinescent blue of the male.
… john and jane balaban, 12 June, 2007 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

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