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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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Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - female
Copyright © 2018 Michael Hughes

Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - Female
Holly Ridge Conservation Area, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
May 7, 2017
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Contributed by Michael Hughes on 17 February, 2018 - 3:39pm
Last updated 28 February, 2018 - 9:39am

female Common Whitetail
… Steve Scholnick, 17 February, 2018 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Steve
Much appreciated.
… Michael Hughes, 17 February, 2018 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
you're welcome
the broken "white" line down each side of abdomen is diagnostic. there are other species of skimmers where the female has similar stripes but the stripes on each segment are horizontal, not tilted up in the front. example below
… Steve Scholnick, 17 February, 2018 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

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