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Dragonflies and Damselflies { 13 images } Created 6 Aug 2010

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  • Close-up of the face of a blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) perched on a cattail at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    BlueDasherDragonfly3.tif
  • Close-up of a male Halloween pennant dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) perched on a dead reed in the classic pennant pose, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  This individual can be identified as a male by the red stigmas on the wing and the red on the face.
    HalloweenPennantDragonflyPerched.tif
  • Close-up (dorsal view) of a female Needham's skimmer (Libellula needhami) perched on a blade of grass at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  One characteristic that seperates this species from the similar golden-winged skimmer is that the inner half of the costa vein is dark rather than light as pictured here.
    NeedhamsSkimmerFemale1.tif
  • Close-up of a resting Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) highlighting the beautiful green compound eyes and showing the blue pruinescence on the abdomen, Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia
    BlueDasherDragonfly1.tif
  • Close-up (dorsal view) of a male Needham's skimmer (Libellula needhami) perched on a blade of grass at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  One characteristic that seperates this species from the similar golden-winged skimmer is that the inner half of the costa vein is dark rather than light as pictured here.
    NeedhamsSkimmerMale1.tif
  • Head-on close-up of a blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) perched on a cattail at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    BlueDasherDragonfly2.tif
  • Close-up (dorsal view) of a male Needham's skimmer (Libellula needhami) perched on a blade of grass at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  One characteristic that seperates this species from the similar golden-winged skimmer is that the inner half of the costa vein is dark rather than light as pictured here.
    NeedhamsSkimmerMale2.tif
  • Close-up (dorsal view) of a male Needham's skimmer (Libellula needhami) perched on a blade of grass at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  One characteristic that seperates this species from the similar golden-winged skimmer is that the inner half of the costa vein is dark rather than light as pictured here.
    NeedhamsSkimmerMale3.tif
  • NeedhamsSkimmer2.tif
  • NeedhamsSkimmer1.tif
  • NeedhamsSkimmer3.tif
  • Head-on close-up of a blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) perched on a cattail at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    BlueDasherDragonfly4.tif
  • NeedhamsSkimmerMale4.tif