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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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Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Copyright © 2015 Robert Lord Zimlich

Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 24, 2012
Size: ~45mm
Apparently, I only saved a ventral shot of this dragonfly. This clown got hung up in the threads, when I got this shot. I'm guessing it's something in Libellula. Thanks

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 18 November, 2015 - 2:41am
Last updated 22 November, 2015 - 4:41am

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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 November, 2015 - 4:41am login or register to post comments

Can you tell if it was reasonably small from your thread count?
The eye color and the amber patches make us want to suggest Pachydiplax, but we don't know that we have ever studied the ventral images.
… john and jane balaban, 18 November, 2015 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
Added size
John, that was a lot more threads to count, than I'm used to. A Blue Dasher sounds reasonable

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 18 November, 2015 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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