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Blue Dasher Dragonfly

Pachydiplax longipennis

Description:

This is a small blue dragonfly in the skimmer family with a white face, a black tip to the abdomen, and a black-and-yellow-striped thorax. Females are recognized by the narrow yellow parallel stripes on the abdomen. Mature males develop a bluish-white dusty "bloom" on the back of the abdomen and, in western individuals, on the thorax.

Habitat:

They range throughout much of the United States, and just into southern Canada. They are absent from the Dakotas and the Rocky Mountain region and range as far south as Mexico. Their preferred habitats are ponds, lakes, marshes, and bogs. They can be found almost anywhere there is still water and their larvae are highly tolerant of wetlands with poor water quality and low dissolved-oxygen levels.

Notes:

This dragonfly was spotted perching on a twig in a pond at the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Fort Myers, Florida.

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1 Comment

annorion
annorion 12 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah!
This looks like a blue dasher. http://bugguide.net/node/view/598

e s c
Spotted by
e s c

Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Spotted on May 2, 2010
Submitted on Dec 15, 2011

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