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Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue dragonfly with gold both under and on the inside of wings. It has purple on the top of the eyes. There are also stripes on the abdomen where the gold is. The underside of the dragonfly has muted colors but the gold shows on the inside of the wings close to its body. It has one black stripe on the back of the eyes. The female can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
Hanging over a pond on a Honeysuckle branch and young Avocado branch.
Aka Swift Long-winged Skimmer and Blue Pirate
Spotted on Aug 4, 2011
Submitted on Aug 4, 2011
4 Comments
I went with the Blue Dasher. If anyone feels differently, please let me know.
Does this look right? http://bugguide.net/node/view/598#names
Could this be a male Blue Dasher in its tweens?
Blue skimmer..?