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Plathemis lydia
Males and females have different wing patterns: Immature males have the same body pattern as females but the same wing pattern as mature males: 'tween' males have abdomens that are beginning to turn blue, but the adolescent body pattern still shows through the blue: Mature males have a short, stout abdomen that is completely chalky blue-white covering the adolescent pattern: Females have a short, stout abdomen with several oblique dorsolateral white or pale yellow markings against a brown ground color; each wing has three black evenly-spaced blotches:
Trickle trough in greenbelt running through housing development.
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