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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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Unknown Dragonfly? - Pachydiplax longipennis
Copyright © 2012 Craig Morgan

Unknown Dragonfly? - Pachydiplax longipennis
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
July 21, 2012
Huntington Park 3:30pm
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Contributed by Craig Morgan on 8 December, 2012 - 9:43pm
Last updated 15 December, 2012 - 3:56pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Fyn Kynd, 15 December, 2012 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

Blue Dasher?
This appears to me to be a Blue Dasher. I know it only by it's common name. Am I
correct?
… Marcia A. Sessions, 9 December, 2012 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

 
You can actually answer your own question!
Click on the Search tab at the upper right without entering anything in the box. Then click on the box that says "guide" and type the word Pachydiplax in the search box. You will retrieve a list of guides that have that genus name attached in some way. Click on the guide for Pachydiplax longipennis and it will take you to the Info page for that species where you will find its English name!

You can just as easily type Blue Dasher into the guide search and it will retrieve a list of guides that have Blue Dasher connected in some way. As you hover over the guide choices it should indicate which one is the Blue Dasher.
… john and jane balaban, 9 December, 2012 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
You can actually answer your own question!
Thank you for this info. It's very helpful. This is a great site
… Marcia A. Sessions, 9 December, 2012 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

Nobody else has that lovely face
Pachydiplax longipennis
… john and jane balaban, 8 December, 2012 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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