Blue Dasher
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
- - - Genus: Pachydiplax
- - - - Species: longipennis
Distribution Map by counties from Southwestdragonflies.net
News About This Species
Blue Dasher, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 22 August 2008
Blue Dasher, Male, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Pinal, AZ, 10 August 2008
Blue Dasher, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 16 November 2013
Blue Dasher, Male, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 11 August 2012
Blue Dasher, Male, Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 17 September 2011
Blue Dasher, Immature male, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 21 April 2013
Blue Dasher, Teneral male, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 12 March 2017
Blue Dasher, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 3 November 2011
Blue Dasher, Female, Veterans Oasis Park, Maricopa, AZ, 2 August 2016
Blue Dasher, Female obelisking, Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 26 May 2017
Blue Dasher, Female, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 31 July 2016
Blue Dasher, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 22 August 2009
Blue Dasher, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 3 April 2010
Blue Dasher, Pair in wheel, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 29 June 2014
Blue Dasher, Female ovipositing, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 4 May 2014
Blue Dasher, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 30 May 2010
Blue Dasher, Female, Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 18 November 2007
Comparison: Dashers (four species)
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Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis -
Spot-tailed DasherMicrathyria aequalis -
Thornbush DasherMicrathyria hagenii -
Three-striped DasherMicrathyria didyma
