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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Pennants (Brachymesia) » Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida)
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Slim-bodied dragonfly - Brachymesia gravida
Copyright © 2016 Dorothy A Mortenson

Slim-bodied dragonfly - Brachymesia gravida
Liverpool, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
August 6, 2016
Very slim body. Lots of them flying around my pond and garden.

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Slim-bodied dragonfly - Brachymesia gravida Slim-bodied dragonfly - Brachymesia gravida
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Contributed by Dorothy A Mortenson on 9 August, 2016 - 12:52pm
Last updated 15 August, 2016 - 6:35pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tony Leukering, 15 August, 2016 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Many thanks!
Really appreciate the swift ID. Thank you!
… Dorothy A Mortenson, 9 August, 2016 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
guide suggestion
This is an easy one to recognize. If you want to know your local dragonflies, this book is a great one.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 10 August, 2016 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
Dragonfly book
Thanks--I'd seen an online version of one of Abbott's books, but my connection is too slow to make online books easy to navigate. I've been looking for a good guide for our area. Thanks again.
… Dorothy A Mortenson, 10 August, 2016 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Texas guides
I think he made two separate field guides, one for damselflies and the other for dragons. He has a big one, both dragonflies and damselflies, older, I think costs around $50, distinctly less portable than the two smaller field guides.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 10 August, 2016 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

4 spotted
Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida)
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 9 August, 2016 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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