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spgfr Delmar, MD Aug 04, 2015

Is this a blue dasher? It's normally the only kind of dragonfly that comes here, but this one seems to be lacking some yellow in it's coloration. Could it be freshly molted?

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spgfr Delmar, MD Aug 04, 2015

Here's a close-up. The colors seem more like what I'm used to seeing, so maybe there was an issue with the camera's white balance in the previous image.

Thanks...

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 05, 2015

I believe that you have identified this correctly as a blue dasher. The abdominal coloration of this species changes as the dragonfly ages...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6056/6319315363_5be8b6c781_b.jpg

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