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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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what am I? - Pachydiplax longipennis - female
Copyright © 2006 Paul

what am I? - Pachydiplax longipennis - Female
Davie west of Ft Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA
April 16, 2006
Size: 2"
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Contributed by Paul on 20 April, 2006 - 11:23pm
Last updated 22 July, 2016 - 9:51pm

Might this be one of the blue females
we have read about? The eyes and the end of the abdomen looks more like a female than a male. Anyone want to confirm?
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2006 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
to guide page.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 May, 2006 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

A skimmer
It kind of looks like a young male blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis). I say that because the "tail" (abdomen) has yellow on it and if memeory serves it should be all blue with a dark/black tip. Though there may be other species in Fla that I am unaware of.
… Andy Varsho, 21 April, 2006 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
Agree
Blue Dasher. You can tell because of the stripes on the thorax.
… Lois Stacey, 21 April, 2006 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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