Blue Dasher Dragonfly Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/blue-dasher-dragonfly Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:38:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Blue Dasher https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/odonata-dragonfly-damselfly/blue-dasher?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-dasher https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/odonata-dragonfly-damselfly/blue-dasher#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:32:55 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=1989 The blue dasher is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax. It is very common and widely distributed through North America and into the Bahamas. Although the species name longipennis means “long wings”, their wings are not substantially longer than those of related species. Wikipedia Pachydiplax longipennis

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Pachydiplax longipennis

Male Blue Dasher
Female Blue Dasher
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