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Libellula vibrans
MALE: Eyes: blue. Face: greenish white. Thorax/Abdomen: pruinose pale blue. Legs: black. Wings: black streak basal, spot at nodus, tip usually edged w/ smoky stain. Stigmas: black. Appendages: blackish. FEMALE: Eyes: become blue (green). Thorax/Abdomen: brown, middorsal black stripe; S8 w/ flange. Wings: black tip extends to black stigma. JUVENILE: Eyes: red-brown. Face: white. Thorax: front brown w/ white median stripe; sides pale gray. Abdomen: yellow w/ middorsal black stripe. Male begins turning blue on thorax.
Hontoon Island State Park
Spotted on May 20, 2014
Submitted on Jun 21, 2014
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