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Blue Dasher dragonfly (female)

Pachydiplax longipennis

Description:

A female Blue Dasher dragonfly spotted along the boardwalk that goes through the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. This individual is a female as indicated by its coloration and the terminal appendages at the end of its abdomen.

Habitat:

Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...

Notes:

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Virginia, USA

Lat: 38.76, Long: -77.10

Spotted on May 30, 2012
Submitted on Aug 7, 2012

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