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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Dragonlets (Erythrodiplax) » Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula)
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Erythrodiplax minuscula - Little Blue Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax minuscula
Copyright © 2005 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Erythrodiplax minuscula - Little Blue Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax minuscula
Stuart, Florida, USA
November 23, 2005
I think this is a female Erythrodiplax minuscula. Can anyone confirm this, it WAS a pretty small dragonfly, I think, and seems to have a good color pattern to fit Little Blue Dragonlet. Let's see what everyone else makes of it... :-)
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 29 November, 2005 - 10:03pm
Last updated 28 December, 2005 - 1:29pm

Can't see the appendages
well enough to say for certain it is a female, but would agree with minuscula and would say it is the same species as your which clearly looks like a female.
… john and jane balaban, 3 December, 2005 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yeah, I was wondering if they were the same species, and if they were a Little Blue Dragonlet. I hadn't realized that Odonata exibited any sexual dimorphism, let alone extreme dimorphism. Thanks a lot for all the help you've given! :-)
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 3 December, 2005 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

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