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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. Males develop a sky-blue (or Carolina-blue) abdomen when they approach maturity. Both have an amber patch at the base of each hindwing.
Perched on vegetation in a city retention pond.
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