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Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - female
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia - Female
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
August 2, 2005
Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 3 August, 2006 - 2:38pm
Last updated 15 July, 2007 - 12:28pm

Nice photo!
That's a female common whitetail - Plathemis lydia, I do believe.

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… Daniel Swofford, 3 August, 2006 - 5:37pm

 
Dragonfly
Wow, thanks Daniel.
I did not know they were different.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 3 August, 2006 - 5:59pm

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