Dragonfly ID Request....Perhaps a Blue Dasher?
Aug 6, 2021 11:11:01 #
I find dragonfly identification challenging, so please help.
If this is indeed a Blue Dasher, I would appreciate if one of you UHH dragon experts would explain the coloration (immature, female of species,???).
Bubba
If this is indeed a Blue Dasher, I would appreciate if one of you UHH dragon experts would explain the coloration (immature, female of species,???).
Bubba
Aug 6, 2021 11:27:53 #
artesdecobo wrote:
I find dragonfly identification challenging, so please help.
If this is indeed a Blue Dasher, I would appreciate if one of you UHH dragon experts would explain the coloration (immature, female of species,???).
Bubba
If this is indeed a Blue Dasher, I would appreciate if one of you UHH dragon experts would explain the coloration (immature, female of species,???).
Bubba
Don’t know the species, but I do know there are no winged “immature”. These are insects, not birds !
IOW if it looks like a “proper” dragonfly then it’s fully an adult (same way with most insects).
Maybe that helps to narrow down your guesstimation options just a bit ?
Aug 6, 2021 11:27:59 #
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Aug 6, 2021 11:43:24 #
Aug 6, 2021 11:50:32 #
It's more likely a female blue dasher. Where you find your specimen always helps in narrowing the possibilities of identification.
Aug 6, 2021 12:00:54 #
JeffDavidson wrote:
Very nicely captured.
Really like that it sits on iron and not a woody twig. A very real world element, not some “wildwood nature phantasy”. We all live in a common space.
Aug 6, 2021 12:22:15 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
It's more likely a female blue dasher. Where you find your specimen always helps in narrowing the possibilities of identification.
Sorry. The location is North Padre Island, Texas on a canal near salt water. The perch is a rusted metal shepherd's hook for hanging hummingbird feeders.
Bubba
Aug 6, 2021 12:23:03 #
According to “picture insect” an iPhone app it is a Blue Dasher a skimmer dragon fly.
Aug 6, 2021 12:29:16 #
artesdecobo wrote:
Sorry. The location is North Padre Island, Texas on a canal near salt water. The perch is a rusted metal shepherd's hook for hanging hummingbird feeders.
Bubba
Bubba
Wonderfully detailed shot, including a big chunk of missing wing!
Aug 6, 2021 13:03:29 #
Aug 6, 2021 13:11:26 #
Aug 6, 2021 13:31:25 #
Thanks all.
I am going with female Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis. The hard part regarding the ID is the coloration of the female does not match the name.
Bubba
I am going with female Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis. The hard part regarding the ID is the coloration of the female does not match the name.
Bubba
Aug 6, 2021 15:25:57 #
Nicely captured. Looks like a female Blue Dasher to me, too. Doc will know if he checks in.
Aug 6, 2021 16:44:42 #
artesdecobo wrote:
I find dragonfly identification challenging, so please help.
If this is indeed a Blue Dasher, I would appreciate if one of you UHH dragon experts would explain the coloration (immature, female of species,???).
Bubba
If this is indeed a Blue Dasher, I would appreciate if one of you UHH dragon experts would explain the coloration (immature, female of species,???).
Bubba
Dunno, but it's a dazzler 💛🖤🖤💛
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