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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 emerging out of nymphal larval case - Pachydiplax longipennis - male
Copyright © 2012 Ann and Rob Simpson

Dragonfly emerging out of nymphal larval case - Pachydiplax longipennis - Male
Shenandoah National Park, Big Meadows, Dark Hollow Falls Trail, Virginia, USA
September 13, 2008
I am questioning my date - it seems late?
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Contributed by Ann and Rob Simpson on 25 October, 2012 - 8:55pm
Last updated 21 December, 2012 - 9:14am

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… William Edwards, 21 December, 2012 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved for Expert ID
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 November, 2012 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Blue Dasher?
.
… Larry de March, 26 October, 2012 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
I'd buy that.
I'd buy that.
… Melissa Barton, 26 October, 2012 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Not necessarily
Some species continue emerging quite late in the season, especially migratory ones (we had Pantala flavescens emerging in Colorado this year well into September, and it was not a long autumn by Colorado standards).

I feel like I should know what yours is, but it's eluding me--hopefully someone else will come along and ID it, which would help determine whether your date is likely.

(Great photo, by the way.)
… Melissa Barton, 26 October, 2012 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

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