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Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 8, 2005
Is this a juvenile of one sex or the other (my guess male) or am I completely wrong?

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Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis - male Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 9 June, 2005 - 4:12pm
Last updated 28 May, 2008 - 7:40am

we agree
Looks like a male with those appendages, and seems to be losing its immature coloration with the abdomen turning blue and black.
… john and jane balaban, 9 June, 2005 - 5:21pm

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