Mowed the yard today, hence the fresh clippings on the garden brick. (Note that I didn’t use “lawn”.) This one “goes with” the post from 8 days ago — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-31 — when I posted a male Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia). Interesting difference between the male and female: While there is only a single black region on each wing in males, on females each wing has three evenly-spaced black blotches. Oh, the things I’ve learned this year!
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@sparkleplenty1 Thank you, Joyce. (Catching up finally!)
Common whitetail range (from bugguide.net): “Found in the 48 contiguous states and the range continues south into Mexico. Found in these Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.”
Habitat: “Ponds, lakes, marshes, streams; adults may also be found some distance from water.” So keep an eye out for the Common Whitetail, Joyce!
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Common whitetail range (from bugguide.net): “Found in the 48 contiguous states and the range continues south into Mexico. Found in these Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.”
Habitat: “Ponds, lakes, marshes, streams; adults may also be found some distance from water.” So keep an eye out for the Common Whitetail, Joyce!
@jordan63 Thanks so much, Chris!