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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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Blue Dasher male with mites-6-20-09 - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Copyright © 2009 Lee Ruth

Blue Dasher male with mites-6-20-09 - Pachydiplax longipennis - Male
Cass County, Texas, USA
June 20, 2009
Size: 1 1/2"
I have photographed at least a dozen different species of Dragonflies so far this year and the only ones I have seen with mites are the Blue Dashers. Both male and females seem to infested. Although I have seen mites on Dragonflies before, it was never this heavy and on so many. I have found several Blue Dashers floating in the pond barely alive. After retrieving them and looking, I discovered amazing numbers of mites on them.

Lee R.
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Contributed by Lee Ruth on 23 June, 2009 - 7:34pm
Last updated 16 August, 2009 - 9:40pm

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Information about Water Mite Larvae


Perhaps it is this genus of mites that are on your Blue Dasher.
INTERESTING PHOTO!
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