Arthropoda: Insecta: Odonata: Libellulidae: Plathemis lydia [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Odonata: Libellulidae: Plathemis lydia
Common Name: Common Whitetail

Country: USA
State/District: NJ
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Date: July 2002

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: New Jersey Pine Barrens
Keywords: A black insect dragonfly gray insect New Jersey Odonata odonate Pine Barrens
Additional Information:


This dragonfly Plathemus lydia is resting on a pine log.   It is either a female, or an immature male.   Mature males have whitish abdominal dorsal surfaces; females have grayish abdominal dorsal surfaces.

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E.M.B.


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