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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Libellula » Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
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ID for a Florida panhandle dragonfly? - Libellula vibrans
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ID for a Florida panhandle dragonfly? - Libellula vibrans
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
May 17, 2011
I spotted a number of these large dragonflies along a cross-county trail in the Baars-Firestone Wildlife Sanctuary at the University of West Florida. I'm not familiar with southeastern dragonflies, so I'm not sure what it is. So far, no dragonflies have been reported from Escambia County.

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ID for a Florida panhandle dragonfly? - Libellula vibrans ID for a Florida panhandle dragonfly? - Libellula vibrans ID for a Florida panhandle dragonfly? - Libellula vibrans ID for a Florida panhandle dragonfly? - Libellula vibrans
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 18 May, 2011 - 10:49pm
Last updated 3 June, 2011 - 1:50pm

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… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 3 June, 2011 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Great Blue Skimmer?
Just a guess, because I'm still quite new to my study of dragonflies (especially eastern ones). But, looks similar to some of the images for female or immature Libellula vibrans:



Hopefully someone with more experience will tell us whether I'm even close... :-)
… Harsi S. Parker, 19 May, 2011 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Seems like a good possibility
Certainly looks like many of the photos of female L. vibrans, for instance, this one from Louisiana:



I wouldn't feel confident, however, without an expert opinion.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 19 May, 2011 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Me neither! :-)
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