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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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unidentified dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis
Copyright © 2013 A. Neuman

unidentified dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis
Gananoque (near Kingston), Ontario, Canada
August 15, 2013
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Contributed by A. Neuman on 17 December, 2013 - 9:13pm
Last updated 24 January, 2014 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 24 January, 2014 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Pachydiplax
that got slammed by the screen door!
… john and jane balaban, 17 December, 2013 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

 
unidentified dragonfly
Thanks I think you are right. It was like that when I saw it so somebody else must have slammed the screen door on it. I wouldn't treat a bug that way. Cheers.
… A. Neuman, 17 December, 2013 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

 
That or...
...maybe it just had a molting issue. I've seen some insects survive some odd molting problems despite having one or more deformities.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 18 December, 2013 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

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