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The common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) is a common dragonfly across much of North America, with a striking and unusual appearance.The male's chunky white body (about 5 cm or 2 inches long), combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings, give it a checkered look.
Erythrodiplax funerea, the black-winged dragonlet, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in parts of southern Asia (India), Central America, North America, and South America. [2] [1] The IUCN conservation status of Erythrodiplax funerea is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival ...
The dot-tailed whiteface is a small dragonfly with a length of 1 to 1 1 / 5 inches (25 to 38 mm). It is distinguished by the mostly black body, small black basal wing spots, black legs, and white face. Male dot-tailed whitefaces have one yellow spot on the dorsal side of the abdomen.
Parasynthemis regina is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae, [4] known as the royal tigertail. [5] It is a medium to large and slender dragonfly with a long body and black and yellow markings. [5] [6] It inhabits stagnant pools and swamps in eastern Australia [7]
The black saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) is a species of skimmer dragonfly found throughout North America. It has distinctive wings with characteristic black blotches at their proximal ends, which make the dragonfly look as though it is wearing saddlebags. The black saddlebags is a relatively large dragonfly at about 5 centimetres (2 in) in length.
Tanypteryx hageni, commonly known as the black petaltail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Petaluridae. It is native to the Pacific Northwest of the North America and is one of only two members of the genus Tanypteryx .
It is a medium sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes. Its thorax is cinereous, marbled and peppered with black in a very irregular manner. Wings are transparent with dual color pterostigma, black at centre and pure white at distal and proximal ends. Abdomen is coloured very similarly to thorax; black marbled with yellow, but with a more ...
Sympetrum danae, the black darter or black meadowhawk, is a dragonfly found in northern Europe, Asia, and North America. At about 30 mm (1.2 in) long, it is Britain's smallest resident dragonfly. It is a very active late summer insect typical of heathland and moorland bog pools.