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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Whitetails (Plathemis) » Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
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Skimmer rests in Sunshine - Plathemis lydia
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Skimmer rests in Sunshine - Plathemis lydia
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
August 16, 2017
This skimmer was resting in some pine litter in the late afternoon sunshine in our backyard. The wings look like a male Plathemis lydia - Common Whitetail, but the body looks more like a Libellula pulchella - Twelve-spotted Skimmer.
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Contributed by eaglebeach on 17 August, 2017 - 10:58am
Last updated 23 August, 2017 - 11:30am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 23 August, 2017 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

P. lydia is correct
a young male
… Larry de March, 17 August, 2017 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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