A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Pachydiplax longipennis
A small blue dragonfly with a white face, a black tip to the abdomen, and a black-and-yellow-striped thorax. Both sexes have an amber patch at the base of each hindwing. Males develop a sky-blue (or Carolina-blue) abdomen when they approach maturity and jade green eyes.
On Creeping Water Primrose, Ludwigia peploides, in a city maintained retention pond.
Spotted on Jun 28, 2013
Submitted on Jun 29, 2013
No Comments