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White Tail Dragonfly

Plathemis lydia

Description:

Heady shiny brown, thorax gray-brown, striped or spotted with white or yellow. Male's abdomen is gleaming white. Wings have one brown band in middle of wing.

Habitat:

The Common Whitetail can be seen hawking for mosquitoes and other small flying insects over ponds, marshes, and slow-moving rivers in most regions except the higher mountain regions.


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Mamaroneck, New York, USA

Lat: 40.96, Long: -73.73

Spotted on Jun 10, 2012
Submitted on Jun 24, 2012

Reference

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