Hey, at least it’s not a butterfly!

This is probably an immature male Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia, in the skimmer family, Libellulidae), though this one looks a bit different from a previous post, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-31
My previous post was a “tween male”: “‘tween’ males have abdomens that are beginning to turn blue,” http://bugguide.net/node/view/603

Confirmed at BugGuide as Plathemis lydia or “Common Whitetail”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/811504

One year ago (“Gray Hairstreak”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-24
Two years ago (“Zebra swallowtail”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-24

[Michelle]

Amazing detail, I love that its wingfs are different tones.