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Pachydiplax longipennis
A female Blue Dasher dragonfly spotted along the boardwalk that goes through the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. This individual is a female as indicated by its coloration and the terminal appendages at the end of its abdomen. Male dragonflies have three terminal appendages, collectively called "claspers"; females have two (a pair of "cerci"). The male dragonfly's claspers are used to grab and hold female dragonflies during mating; the female's terminal appendages have little or no function. Related Resource: Blue Dasher dragonfly (male) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/124...
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...
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Spotted on Jul 23, 2012
Submitted on Jul 24, 2012
1 Comment
Great!