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Ladona deplanata
Medium small sized dragonfly. Brown with dark stripes on the abdomen. White stripes on the "shoulders". Small dark area on the wings where they meet the body. Teneral (immature) males and females are this color.
Sears Bellows County Park, New York. Next to Bellows Pond, landed repeatedly on the ground.
Spotted on May 26, 2013
Submitted on Jun 11, 2013
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Thanks so much, Geodialist! I thought that it was but I wasn't sure enough to post it as a male (now I can).
This individual is a young male, as indicated by its partial pruinosity and by its terminal appendages. (Good idea to shoot a close-up of the tip of the abdomen!)