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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Whitefaces (Leucorrhinia)
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Dragonfly on steeplebush - Leucorrhinia
Copyright © 2011 GG LILLY

Dragonfly on steeplebush - Leucorrhinia
Swanzey , Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
June 1, 2011
I noticed that the dragonfly wasn't defending territory or seeking a mate, just resting, and times obelisking.

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Contributed by GG LILLY on 1 June, 2011 - 6:46pm
Last updated 29 February, 2012 - 7:55am

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… Ben Coulter, 19 July, 2011 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 8 June, 2011 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

dragondly
It looks like a Leucorrhinia (whiteface)It's a female and one of three species based on what I can see. L.proxima, L. frigida or L. hudsonica.

I can't get any closer than that.
… Larry de March, 3 June, 2011 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
I dont think so, I think it i
I dont think so, I think it is a female Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis.
… k jkh, 3 June, 2011 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I was thinking...
...Leucorrhinia even before your suggestion that it might be Pachydiplax longipennis and before the addition of the other two images.

Take a look at the pterostigmata. They are much smaller here than on P. longpennis. Also notice the white costal vein here that isn't present on P. longpennis.

But I could be wrong as I am not an expert...
… Ron M., 5 June, 2011 - 1:03am login or register to post comments

 
Hey yeah you are right I gues
Hey yeah you are right I guess.... I never even considered luecorrhinia because I have never seen one before.
… k jkh, 5 June, 2011 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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