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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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Dragonfly ID? - Pachydiplax longipennis - female
Copyright © 2011 Ben Gray

Dragonfly ID? - Pachydiplax longipennis - Female
Leominster State Forest, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 24, 2011
This dragonfly was very, very calmly sitting on a branch by the roadside.

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Dragonfly ID? - Pachydiplax longipennis - female Dragonfly ID? - Pachydiplax longipennis - female
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Contributed by Ben Gray on 26 July, 2011 - 6:27pm
Last updated 26 July, 2011 - 7:32pm

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… Ben Gray, 26 July, 2011 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Pachydiplax longipennis
This is a female Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis). But they are hardly 3". Closer to half that.
… Ben Coulter, 26 July, 2011 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID!
Thanks. The size estimation was clearly a bad estimation. I removed the size estimate now, shouldn't have included it in the first place without an accurate measurement. Thanks again for the ID!
… Ben Gray, 26 July, 2011 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

 
You're quite welcome
It can be tough to estimate size on a group you're not familiar with.
… Ben Coulter, 26 July, 2011 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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