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
Identification Tips
Blue Dasher, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 16 November 2013
Species to compare (enter common name)
Blue Dasher, Female (left) and male (right), Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 5 August 2020
Blue Dasher, Male, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Pinal, AZ, 10 August 2008
Blue Dasher, Obelisking male, Papago Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 16 July 2019
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, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 30 May 2010
Blue Dasher, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 11 July 2020
Blue Dasher, Female, Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 25 October 2017
Blue Dasher, Female, Gilbert Water Ranch, Gilbert, Maricopa, AZ, 19 June 2019
Blue Dasher, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 30 March 2020
Blue Dasher, Female, Twin Lakes Golf Course, Willcox, Cochise, AZ, 18 July 2020. Unusual phenotype with dark wing tips.
Blue Dasher, Female, Veterans Oasis Park, Maricopa, AZ, 2 August 2016
Blue Dasher, Female, Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 18 November 2007
Blue Dasher, Pair in wheel, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 8 July 2020
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
Comparison: Dashers (four species)
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Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis -
Spot-tailed DasherMicrathyria aequalis -
Thornbush DasherMicrathyria hagenii -
Three-striped DasherMicrathyria didyma