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Ryan Brady | profile | all galleries >> Dragonflies 2008 >> Skimmers (Family Libellulidae) >> Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Blue Dashers are small, boldly-marked skimmers commonly found at lakes, ponds, and slow streams all across Wisconsin in mid-summer (peak = July). Both sexes have boldly-striped thoraxes, white faces, and amber wing patches. Males have a powder blue abdomen with dark tip and green eyes. Females have a dark abdomen with pairs of parallel yellow dashes on its top. The male Eastern Pondhawk is most similar but that species is larger, lacks the zebra-like thoracic striping, and has a green face.
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - male
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female
Blue Dasher (P. longipennis) - female