Plathemis lydia
The male Common Whitetail Dragonfly has a chunky white body with brownish-black bands on its translucent wings, giving it a checkered look. Females have a brown body and a different pattern of wing spots.
Plathemis lydia
The male Common Whitetail Dragonfly has a chunky white body with brownish-black bands on its translucent wings, giving it a checkered look. Females have a brown body and a different pattern of wing spots.
Last month, while visiting Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, I was able to take quite a few female and male Common Whitetail dragonfly photos.
One of the dragonflies I photographed back East was a female Common Whitetail that was resting on a sidewalk, this dragonfly let me get close enough to take nice images even with my cell phone.