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Common Whitetail

Plathemis lydia

Description:

Banded-Winged Dragonlet? Not sure on the ID

Habitat:

Man made temporary small body of water.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Common Whitetail, mature male
Plathemis lydia Species Plathemis lydia - Common Whitetail - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

I agree. Certain species can be more difficult than others. I am still working on my dragonfly photographing skills.

RyanWarner
RyanWarner 11 years ago

Thank you for the Identification, dragonflies are really hard to id without a great photograph that shows all the little details.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Nice spot!
The Banded-winged Dragonlet has a different body shape and seems to be a bit darker in general. It was a good guess though, they do look similar.

RyanWarner
Spotted by
RyanWarner

York, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 29, 2012
Submitted on Jul 30, 2012

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