Blue Dasher Dragonfly Images

Blue Dasher Dragonfly Images, Facts and Information:

Pachydiplax longipennis

• Blue Dasher dragonflies are medium-sized dragonflies with bright blue abdomens, green eyes, and clear wings with black pterostigmas. Males have powder blue abdomens, while females have black and yellow striped abdomens.
• Blue Dashers are found throughout most of the United States, southern Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and parts of Central America. They are most common in the eastern United States.
• Blue Dasher dragonflies inhabit a variety of wetland habitats including ponds, lakes, marshes, slow-moving streams, and ditches. They are often found perched on vegetation near water’s edge.
• Blue Dashers feed on small flying insects such as mosquitoes, flies, and moths, which they catch in mid-air.
• Female Blue Dasher dragonflies lay eggs in water or on floating vegetation. The eggs hatch into aquatic nymphs that develop underwater for several months before emerging as adults.

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