Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Common Whitetail dragonflies (young males)

Libellula lydia, Plathemis lydia

Description:

A couple of Common Whitetail dragonflies spotted on the boardwalk that goes through the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. These individuals are young males, as indicated by the incomplete white pruinescence covering their abdomens. The individual shown in Photo 1 appears to be younger than the individual shown in Photo 2. Related Resource: Pruinescence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruinescenc...

Habitat:

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

Notes:

Copyright © 2012 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Geodialist
Spotted by
Geodialist

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Apr 17, 2012
Submitted on Sep 1, 2012

Related Spottings

Widow Skimmer Libellula depressa Scarce Chaser. (Spitzenfleck) Slaty Skimmer

Nearby Spottings

Crayfish burrow (chimney) Great Egret (catches a fish) Blue Flag Irises Common Whitetail dragonfly (teneral female)
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team