| Common Name: | Dragonfly, Common Whitetail | | Scientific Name: | Libellula lydia | | Family: | Libellulidae (Skimmers) | | Area: | Adair Pond, Oregon | | Date: | July 30, 2010 | 
Formerly classified as Plathemis lydia. Only the males are white, females and juveniles have brown abdomens with .yellow spots on the sides of the abdomens. The photo below I believe to be a juvenile. | 
Moore Park, Klamath Falls, Oregon - - - June 29, 2018 | | Reference: | National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects & Spiders / Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon by Kerst & Gordon / Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West by Paulson |
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