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Pachydiplax longipennis
A small blue dragonfly with a white face, a black tip to the abdomen, and a black-and-yellow-striped thorax. Both sexes have an amber patch at the base of each hindwing. Males develop a sky-blue (or Carolina-blue) abdomen when they approach maturity.
On vegetation beside the road through the ponds at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/inde...
Spotted on Jun 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013
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